WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1801
Find out what all happened January to August 1801

First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras. (6. July 1801)

The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (1. January 1801)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen – The British capture the Danish fleet. (2. April 1801)

French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history. (11. July 1801)

Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. (27. February 1801)

John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States. (31. January 1801)

An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. (17. February 1801)

The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt. (21. March 1801)

War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. (8. March 1801)

French Revolutionary Wars: British Royal Navy ships inflict heavy damage against Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras. (12. July 1801)

First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America. (10. May 1801)

Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo. (6. May 1801)

The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. (1. January 1801)

First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya. (1. August 1801)

John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. (4. February 1801)

Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. (23. March 1801)