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Historical Event(s)
– The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
– John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
– 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.
– Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
– The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt.
– Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle.
– First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
– French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons made his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovered another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
– Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
Who Were Born On ?
– Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
– John Henry Newman, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1890)
– Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English Member of Parliament and developer (d. 1866)
– Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
– Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (d. 1876)
– Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877)
– Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
– Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
– Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
– Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)