May 15 King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt

May 07 Indiana Territory organized

May 14 Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth" premieres in Weimar

May 15 Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles

Jan 05 First Swedenborgian temple in US holds first service, Baltimore MD

Jan 01 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves

Jan 17 Minor earthquake recorded in Sydney, Australia.

Jan 08 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi

Jan 17 Minor earthquake recorded in Sydney, Australia.

Jan 02 Free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery

Jan 05 First Swedenborgian temple in US holds first service, Baltimore MD

Jan 30 US population 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%)

Jan 08 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France

Jan 02 Free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery

Jan 20 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples

Feb 12 Abraham Lincon was born in Kentucky

Feb 11 The birth of Henry Fox Talbot, Pioneer of photography

Apr 15 James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof

Apr 15 James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole

Apr 24 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation

Apr 24 Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation

Nov 17 The United States Congress meets for the first time

Nov 17 Congress held first session in Washington DC

Nov 01 John Adams is the first President to live in the White House

Sep 07 Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)

Dec 29 Charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born

Oct 01 U.S. Schooner Experiment captures French Schooner Diana.

Oct 01 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty

Jul 09 Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US

Mar 14 Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII

Mar 20 French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo

Mar 17 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die

Mar 16 In Quebec, Jean-Joseph Casot 1728-1800, last Jesuit survivor of the French regime, dies at Quebec; the property of the order in Canada appropriates to the Crown.

Mar 07 Indiana Territory organized