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1805

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Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years: 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808
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1805 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1805
MDCCCV
Ab urbe condita 2558
Armenian calendar 1254
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Chinese calendar 4501 – 4502
甲子 – 乙丑
Ethiopian calendar 1797 – 1798
Hebrew calendar 5565 – 5566
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 1860 – 1861
- Shaka Samvat 1727 – 1728
- Kali Yuga 4906 – 4907
Iranian calendar 1183 – 1184
Islamic calendar 1220 – 1221

1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

  • April 27 - United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "Shores of Tripoli").
  • April 29 - Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck is appointed as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic by Napoleon.

May

June

  • June 1 - Luigi Boccherini was buried in Italy after being found dead on May 28.
  • June - War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
  • June 4 - The first Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade in London
  • June 13 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: 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.[1]

October

November

December

Unknown date

  • Sweden declares war on France
  • Horse Patrol, mounted law enforcement force, founded in London, England
  • Napoleon annuls the ten-day week of the French Revolutionary Calendar. He also orders his soldiers to be vaccinated
  • King Anouvong becomes ruler of Vientiane.

Ongoing events

  • Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Third Coalition

Births

Deaths

  • January 9 - Noble Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
  • January 23 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (b. 1763)
  • February 25 - Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
  • March 4 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
  • May 7 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
  • May 9 - Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (b. 1759)
  • May 25 - William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
  • May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
  • June 19 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
  • August 3 - Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)
  • August 28 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722)
  • October 5 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
  • October 21 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758)
  • December 23 - Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)
  • John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1730)

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