1801 Events

1801 Beethoven Finishes the Moonlight Sonata
The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata (Mondscheinsonate in German), was completed in 18...
1801
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Beethoven Writes His Second Symphony
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op.36 was elaborated in the summer of 1802 in Heilligenstadt when Beethoven was fighting to get control over his life. In this period he will write his famous l...
1801 Beethoven's Opus 18 Is Published
Ludwig van Beethoven's opus 18, published in 1801 by T. Mollo et Comp in Vienna, consisted of his first six string quartets. They were composed between 1798 and 1800 to fulfill a commissi...
1801 Paul Revere Opens The Revere Copper Company
The Revere Copper Company was North America's first rolled copper mill. It was started by Paul Revere in 1801 in Canton, Massachusetts and developed a commercially viable process for manu...
1801 Feb 17 Thomas Jefferson Replaces John Adams As President
On February 17, 1801, presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson won support of a majority of congressional Representatives displacing incumbent John Adams. Jefferson's triumph brought an en...
1801 Mar 4 Thomas Jefferson Assumes the Office of the President of the United States of America
Working closely with Aaron Burr of New York, Jefferson rallied his party, attacking the new taxes especially, and ran for the Presidency in 1800. Consistent with the traditions of the tim...
1801 Mar 4 Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president of the United States
Chief Justice John Marshall administered the first executive oath of office ever taken in the new federal city in the new Senate Chamber (now the Old Supreme Court Chamber) of the parti...
1801 Apr 21 Robert M. T. Hunter Is Born
Robert M. T. Hunter was born on April 21, 1801, at “Mount Pleasant,” Essex County, Virginia. Educated at home, he attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 1828. Hunter was admit...
1801 Jul 5 David Farragut Is Born
David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and full a...
1801 Jul 8 L'ouverture Promulgates the Haitian Constitution of 1801
The great hero of the Haitian Revolution and a man considered one of the great revolutionaries and generals in his own time throughout America and Europe, was François Dominique Toussain...
1801 Dec 17 The Treaty Of Fort Adams Is Signed
The Treaty of Fort Adams was signed on December 17, 1801 between the Choctaw (an American Indian tribe) and the United States Government. The treaty ceded about 2,641,920 acres (10,691.5 ...