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Millennia: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s - 1800s - 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years: 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804
1805 1806 1807 1808 1809
Categories: Births - Deaths - Architecture
Establishments - Disestablishments
Contents
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* 1 Events and trends
o 1.1 Technology
o 1.2 Astronomy
o 1.3 War, peace and politics
o 1.4 Other
* 2 World leaders
[edit] Events and trends
[edit] Technology
* Invention of the Jacquard loom in 1801.
* Ultraviolet radiation is discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter.
* Flag semaphore is gradually adopted by various navies of the world.
* Morphine is isolated from opium for the first time in 1804.
* Nicolas François Appert develops a method to preserve food by means of canning.
[edit] Astronomy
* The first known asteroids are discovered in this decade:
o Ceres (1801-01-01). Ceres is reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
o Pallas (1802-03-28)
o Juno (1804-09-01)
o Vesta (1807-03-29)
[edit] War, peace and politics
* The First Barbary War (1801–1805) is fought between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa.
* The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
* In 1803, the US acquired the Louisiana Territories from France.
* Haiti gains independence from France on 1804-01-01, becoming the first black republic.
* The Fulani War (1804–1810) is fought in present day Nigeria and Cameroon.
* The First Serbian Uprising (1804−1813) marks the first time in 300 years Serbia perceives itself an independent state.
* Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1805–1815).
* Beginning of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
* War of 1812
[edit] Other
* The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806)
[edit] World leaders
* Emperor Napoleon I (First French Empire)
* Emperor Francis II (Holy Roman Empire)
* Frederick William III of Prussia (Prussia)
* Pope Pius VII
* Tsar Paul I (Russia)
* Tsar Alexander I (Russia)
* King Charles IV (Spain)
* King George III, (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
* President John Adams (United States)
* President Thomas Jefferson (United States)
* Fath Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
* Jiaqing Emperor of China (Qing Dynasty)
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