Mar 01 Ohio becomes 17th state

Mar 03 The first impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins

Aug 09 First horses arrive in Hawaii

Sep 13 John Barry first American commodore, dies

Sep 23 The Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, first marquis Wellesley

Sep 28 The birth of Prosper Merimee, French writer

Feb 04 William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"

Feb 27 Great fire in Bombay, India

Feb 14 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington PA

Feb 19 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953

Feb 14 Chief Justice John Marshall of the U S Supreme Court rules that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void His decision in the case of Marbury v Madison February 14 establishes the Court as the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution

Feb 25 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states

Feb 24 Supreme Court first rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs Madison)

Apr 30 Louisiana sold to the United States by France

Apr 26 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France

Apr 30 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)

Apr 05 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D

Nov 18 Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French

Nov 30 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

Dec 11 The birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer

Dec 20 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M

Dec 21 The Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor

May 18 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland

May 11 The birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer

May 16 Peace of Amiens ends

May 17 John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine

May 16 Britain and France renew war, the French complete their occupation of Hanover, and they threaten to invade England from Boulogne, where they begin to assemble an invasion fleet

May 25 The birth of Ralph W. Emerson, American poet

Jul 23 Irish nationalist Robert Emmet, 25, leads a rebellion against the British He spoke with Bonaparte and Talleyrand last year in an effort to obtain French support, his small band of followers commits two murders and other acts of violence July 23 in a move to capture the viceroy, but the rioters are quickly dispersed Emmet escapes, goes into hiding, is captured August 25, tried by a special court, and hanged September 20

Jul 09 Navigator Matthew Flinders returns to Sydney after voyage around Australia in the brig Investigator.

Jul 23 Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin

Jan 11 Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans. they buy Louisiana.

Jan 11 Monroe &Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy Louisiana

Oct 20 US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase