Page 3: Historical Events In 1805

Sep 23   Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist.   

Sep 25   Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar/founder (Pella colony in Iowa).   

Sep 30   Napoleons army draws into the Rhine   

Sep 30   Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General (Union volunteers).   

Oct 13   Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70.   

Oct 14   Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria   

Oct 17   Napoleon breaks camp at Boulogne, proceeds by forced marches into Germany, forces the surrender October 17 at Ulm of a 30000-man Austrian army under Baron Karl Mack von Leiberich, 53, and caps the victory by taking Vienna   

Oct 21   Battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies   

Oct 21   Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar.   

Oct 23   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer).   

Oct 23   Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

Oct 28   John Thomson, composer.   

Nov 01   Alessandro Nini, composer   

Nov 07   Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean   

Nov 07   Lewis and Clark sighthte Pacific Ocean   

Nov 08   Francois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87   

Nov 11   Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein.   

Nov 14   Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer.   

Nov 16   Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French   

Nov 18   30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes   

Nov 19   Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat (built Suez Canal)   

Nov 19   Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st European Americans to cross continent   

Nov 20   Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna   

Nov 20   The opera "Fidelio" is produced (Vienna)   

Nov 22   Benjamin Hugur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1877.   

Nov 25   Opera "Thaïs" 1st American performance   

Nov 25   The opera "Tha‹s" 1st American performance   

Nov 26   Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct   

Nov 28   John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America   

Dec 02   Napoleon defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz   

Dec 02   The Battle of Austerlitz gives Napoleon a resounding victory over combined Austrian and Russian forces.   

Dec 09   Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth.   

Dec 10   Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43.   

Dec 10   John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church.   

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Jan 04   Stephan hale alonzo marsh: Composer   

Jan 08   John bigler: American politician    

Jan 08   Orson hyde: American religious leader   

Jan 13   Thomas dyer: Mayor of chicago   

Jan 27   Samuel palmer: London, painter/etcher (valley of vision)   

Jan 27   Sophie of bavaria: Archduchess of austria   

Jan 27   Maria anna of bavaria: Queen consort of saxony   

Feb 01   Auguste blanqui: France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

Jan 09   Noble wimberly jones: American continental congressman (b. 1723)   

Jan 17   Abraham-hyacinthe anquetil du perron: French interpreter,    

Jan 19   Johann gottlieb karl spazier: Composer,   

Jan 23   Vaclav pichl: Composer,    

Jan 24   Giacomo conti: Composer,    

Feb 25   Thomas pownall: British colonial statesman (b. 1722)   

Feb 27   Stefan paluselli: Composer,   

Mar 04   Jean-baptiste greuze: French painter,