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== Events ==
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* March 1 – Justice [[Samuel Chase]] is acquitted of [[impeachment]] charges by the [[United States Senate]].
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* March 4 – [[Thomas Jefferson]] is [[Second inauguration of Thomas Jefferson|sworn in]] for a second term as President of the United States.
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* March 5 –  The [[New Brunswick Legislature]] passes a bill to advance literacy in the province, which eventually leads to the creation of public education in Canada.
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* April 29 – [[Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck]] is appointed as [[Grand Pensionary]] of the [[Batavian Republic]] by [[Napoleon]].
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* May 26 – [[Napoleon]] is crowned [[King of Italy]].
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* June 4 - The [[First Barbary War]] ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
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* June 13 – [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] in the United States: Scouting ahead of the expedition, [[Meriwether Lewis]] and four companions sight the [[Great Falls of the Missouri River]], confirming they are heading in the right direction.
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* August 29 – [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Franz I of Austria]] and his council of ministers vote in favor of going to war with France.<ref>Kinley Brauer and William E. Wright, ''Austria in the Age of the French Revolution, 1789-1815'' (Berghahn Books, 1990) p11</ref>
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* August 31 – British Army General [[Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet|David Baird]] departs from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], leading an expedition to capture the [[Cape of Good Hope]].  Their ship arrives on January 4.<ref>"Baird, David", in ''A New General Biographical Dictionary'', Volume 3, ed. by Hugh James Rose (T. Fellowes, 1857) p20</ref>
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* September 21 – [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|King Ferdinand of Naples]] signs a treaty in Paris agreeing to keep Naples neutral during the war between France and the allied powers.<ref>''Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle'' (William Mark Clark, 1836) p329</ref>
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* September 29 – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Nelson]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] takes command of the fleet off of the coast of [[Cadiz]], in order to counteract the navies of France and Spain.<ref>''The Englishman's library: comprising a series of historical, biographical, and national information'' (Charles Knight, 1824) p165</ref>
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* October 16–19 – [[War of the Third Coalition]]: [[Ulm Campaign]] – [[Battle of Ulm]]: Austrian General [[Karl Mack von Leiberich|Mack von Leiberich]] is forced to surrender his entire army to Napoleon, after being surrounded.
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* October 21 – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[War of the Third Coalition]] – [[Battle of Trafalgar]]: The British fleet, led by Admiral [[Horatio Nelson]], defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain; however, Admiral Nelson is fatally shot.
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* October 31 – Sweden, led by [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|King Gustav IV Adolf]], declares war on France.<ref>H. Arnold Barton, ''Scandinavia in the Revolutionary Era: 1760–1815'' (University of Minnesota Press, 1986) p267</ref>
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* November 7 – The [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] arrives at the Pacific Ocean.
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* December 2 – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Austerlitz]] – French troops under [[Napoleon]] decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
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* December 26 – The [[Peace of Pressburg (1805)|Peace of Pressburg]] between France and Austria is signed in the [[Primate's Palace]], Pressbury (modern-day [[Bratislava]]).
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* December 31 – The [[French Republican Calendar]] (which featured a 10-day week until 1802) is used for the last time, 8 days after being annulled by [[Napoleon]], with the final official date being "9 [[Nivôse]] in Year XIV of the Revolution".<ref>Thomas Carlyle, ''The French Revolution'' (Courier Corporation, 2012) p210</ref>
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* Napoleon orders his soldiers to be [[vaccination|vaccinated]].
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Latest revision as of 10:54, 12 March 2021

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La bataille d'Austerlitz. 2 decembre 1805 (François Gérard).jpg
The battle of Austerlitz
Year 1805

Events

Date unknown



 

A Birth

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Alexander Burnes16 May 1805Scotland
Montrose		2 November 1841Diplomat
Spook
Explorer		UK "spymaster" diplomat
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References

  1. ↑ Kinley Brauer and William E. Wright, Austria in the Age of the French Revolution, 1789-1815 (Berghahn Books, 1990) p11
  2. ↑ "Baird, David", in A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3, ed. by Hugh James Rose (T. Fellowes, 1857) p20
  3. ↑ Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle (William Mark Clark, 1836) p329
  4. ↑ The Englishman's library: comprising a series of historical, biographical, and national information (Charles Knight, 1824) p165
  5. ↑ H. Arnold Barton, Scandinavia in the Revolutionary Era: 1760–1815 (University of Minnesota Press, 1986) p267
  6. ↑ Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution (Courier Corporation, 2012) p210
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