1805
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Events
- January 11 - Michigan Territory is created.
- February 15 - Harmony Society officially formed
- April 27 - United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli").
- May 26 - In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France is crowned King of Italy.
- June 1 - Luigi Boccherini was buried in Italy after being found found dead on May 28.
- October 21 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar - British naval fleet led by Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain.
- June - War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
- December 2 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz - French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
- Sweden declares war on France
- Lewis and Clark Expedition sets out across North America
Ongoing events
Year in topic
Births
- March 3 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician and first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
- April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen, writer (d. 1875)
- August 29 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
- November 14 - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer and pianist
- December 22 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist
- December 23 - Joseph Smith, Jr, religious leader, founded Mormonism
Deaths
- January 23 - Claude Chappe, telecommunication pioneer (semaphores)
- May 9 - Friedrich Schiller, German playwright.
- May 25 - William Paley, philosopher
- May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian classical music performer
- October 21 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral.
heads of State
- China - Jiaqing Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from February 9, 1796 to September 2, 1820)
- United States - Thomas Jefferson (March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809)