Apr 02   1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C.   

Apr 15   James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic).   

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

Apr 15   James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole.   

Apr 16   Jozef Stefani, composer.   

Apr 18   John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84.   

Apr 24   Library of Congress established with $5000 allocation   

Apr 24   Library of Congress establishes with $5000 allocation   

Apr 25   William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68.   

Apr 30   John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46.   

May 01   Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874   

May 05   Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)   

May 06   Ferdinand Marcucci, composer   

May 07   Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64.   

May 10   Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer.   

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

May 15   King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt.   

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

May 17   Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer.   

May 19   French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged.   

May 30   Karl W Feuerbach, German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)   

Jun 04   White House completed and President and Mrs John Adams move in   

Jun 07   David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.   

Jun 07   Willem A Alting, governor-genl of Neth-Indies (1780-97), dies at 75   

Jun 10   Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53.   

Jun 14   Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria   

Jun 29   Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar.   

Jul 06   Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer.   

Jul 08   Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox   

Jul 09   Mt Vernon Gardens is recorded as becoming site of 1st summer theater in US.   

Jul 09   Mt Vernon Gardens is recorded as becoming site of inaugural summer theatre in US   

Jul 10   The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent   

Aug 03   Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63.   

Aug 06   Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women).   

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Jan 01   Sydney nelson: Composer   

Jan 06   Willem a schimmelpenninck van der oye: Dutch politician   

Jan 07   Millard fillmore: Locke ny, (whig) 13th president (1850-53)   

Jan 11   Ányos jedlik: Hungarian physicist   

Jan 14   Ludwig alois ferdinand köchel: Austrian musicologist   

Jan 22   Nat turner: Slave that revolted [or oct 2]   

Jan 24   Edwin chadwick: British social reformer   

Feb 11   William henry fox talbot: Wiltshire england, photographic pioneer   

Jan 01   Louis j m daubenton: France, zoologist,    

Jan 06   William jones: Composer,    

Jan 09   Jean Étienne championnet: French general (b. 1762)   

Jan 10   Johan wikmanson: Composer,    

Jan 23   Edward rutledge: Us attorney (signed decl of indep),    

Feb 23   Joseph warton: English literary critic (b. 1722)   

Mar 02   Christian friedrich schale: Composer,    

Mar 03   Johann baptist christoph toeschi: Composer,