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Year 1805 (MDCCCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. Thomas Jefferson. Events JanuaryMarch January 11 Michigan Territory is created. February 15 The Harmony Society is officially formed. March 1 Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted of impeachment charges by the U.S. Senate. March 4 Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. March 5 The New Brunswick Legislature passes a bill to advance literacy in the province which eventually leads to the creation of public education in what is now Canada. AprilJune 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. June 1 Luigi Boccherini is buried in Italy after being found dead on May 28. June 4 The First Barbary War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America. June 4 The first Trooping the Colour ceremony is held at the Horse Guards Parade in London. June 11 Detroit burns to the ground; most of the city is destroyed. 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. June 13: Lewis & Clark. JulySeptember July 9 Muhammad Ali Pasha founds his dynasty in Egypt. OctoberDecember October 17 Napoleonic Wars Battle of Ulm: Austrian General Mack von Leiberich is forced to surrender his entire army to Napoleon after being surrounded. October 21 Napoleonic Wars Battle of Trafalgar: British naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain; however Admiral Nelson is fatally shot. October 21 Battle of Trafalgar. December 2: Napoleon wins Battle of Austerlitz. November 7 The Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean. November 11 Napoleonic Wars Battle of Drenstein: 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. November 16 Napoleonic Wars Battle of Schngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat. November 26 The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened. December 2 Napoleonic Wars Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. December 26 The Peace of Pressburg is signed between France and Austria. Date unknown James Squire becomes the first person in Australia to cultivate Hops. The Horse Patrol a mounted law enforcement force is founded in London England. King Anouvong becomes ruler of Vientiane. Napoleon annuls the 10-day week of the French Revolutionary Calendar; he also orders his soldiers to be vaccinated. Sweden declares war on France. Simn Bolvar dedicates himself to liberating Venezuela from Spanish rule. Births JanuaryJune January 8 Orson Hyde American religious leader (d. 1878) January 27 Samuel Palmer English artist (d. 1881) March 3 Jonas Furrer first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861) March 23 Sears Cook Walker American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1853) April 2 Hans Christian Andersen Danish writer (d. 1875) June 9 Jos Trinidad Cabaas Honduran General President and National Hero (d. 1871) June 22 Giuseppe Mazzini Italian patriot statesman and writer (d. 1872) JulyDecember July 29 Alexis de Tocqueville French historian (d. 1859) August 4 William Rowan Hamilton Irish mathematician (d. 1865) August 29 Frederick Maurice English theologian (d. 1872) September 27 George Mller Prussian evangelist and founder of the Ashley Down orphanage (d. 1898) November 14 Fanny Mendelssohn German composer and pianist (d. 1847) November 28 John Lloyd Stephens American traveler diplomat and Mayanist archaeologist (d. 1852) December 22 John Obadiah Westwood British entomologist (d. 1893) December 23 Joseph Smith Jr. American prophet founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. (d. 1844) Deaths JanuaryJune January 9 Noble Wimberly Jones American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) January 18 John Moore Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1730) 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-Franois Lagrene French painter (b. 1724) JulyDecember 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) References