List of 1805 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1805
Date | Event |
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January 11, 1805 | The Michigan Territory is created. |
March 1, 1805 | Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. |
March 17, 1805 | The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy. |
April 7, 1805 | Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. |
April 7, 1805 | German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. |
April 26, 1805 | First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon. |
April 27, 1805 | First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn). |
May 17, 1805 | Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt. |
May 26, 1805 | Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan. |
May 31, 1805 | French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock, Martinique. |
June 2, 1805 | Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British. |
June 10, 1805 | First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States. |
June 11, 1805 | A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory. |
June 13, 1805 | Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River. |
June 30, 1805 | Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized. |
July 22, 1805 | Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder. |
October 14, 1805 | War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm. |
October 16, 1805 | War of the Third Coalition: Napoleon surrounds the Austrian army at Ulm. |
October 19, 1805 | War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. |
October 21, 1805 | Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar. |
November 1, 1805 | Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition. |
November 11, 1805 | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. |
November 16, 1805 | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat. |
November 20, 1805 | Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna. |
November 26, 1805 | Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. |
December 2, 1805 | War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. |
December 26, 1805 | Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg. |