What Happened in 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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more