1801
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1770s 1780s 1790s – 1800s – 1810s 1820s 1830s |
| Years: | 1798 1799 1800 – 1801 – 1802 1803 1804 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1801 MDCCCI |
| French Republican calendar | 9–10 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2554 |
| Armenian calendar | 1250 ԹՎ ՌՄԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6551 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1722–1723 |
| Bengali calendar | 1208 |
| Berber calendar | 2751 |
| British Regnal year | 41 Geo. 3 – 42 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2345 |
| Burmese calendar | 1163 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7309–7310 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4497 or 4437 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4498 or 4438 |
| Coptic calendar | 1517–1518 |
| Discordian calendar | 2967 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1793–1794 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5561–5562 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1857–1858 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1722–1723 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4901–4902 |
| Holocene calendar | 11801 |
| Igbo calendar | 801–802 |
| Iranian calendar | 1179–1180 |
| Islamic calendar | 1215–1216 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei 13 (寛政１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1727–1728 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4134 |
| Minguo calendar | 111 before ROC 民前111年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 333 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2343–2344 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1927 or 1546 or 774 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1928 or 1547 or 775 |
1801 (MDCCCI) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar. It was the 1st year of the 19th century. As of the start of the year, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]- Great Britain is united with Ireland to make the United Kingdom.
Deaths
[change | change source]- February 7 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
- March 21 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741)
- March 23 – Tsar Paul of Russia (b. 1754)
- March 25 – Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
- March 28 – Ralph Abercromby, British general (b. 1734)
- April 2 – Thomas Dadford Junior, British engineer
- April 7 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
- May 17 – William Heberden, English doctor (b. 1710)
- June 4 – Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1750)
- June 14 – Benedict Arnold, American Revolution hero and traitor (b. 1741)
- September 19 – Johann Gottfried Koehler, German astronomer (b. 1745)
- October 3 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)
- November 4 – William Shippen, American physician and Continental Congressman (b. 1536)
- November 5 – Motoori Norinaga, Japanese philologist and scholar (b. 1730)
- November 24 – Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
Births
[change | change source]- January 3 – Gijsbert Haan, Dutch-American religious leader (d. 1874)
- February 1 – Thomas Cole, American artist (d. 1848)
- towards February 13 – János Kardos Hungarian Slovenes evangelic priest, teacher and writer (d. 1875)
- February 21 – John Henry Newman, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1890)
- May 11 – Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
- June 1 – Brigham Young, American religious leader and colonizer (d. 1877)
- June 4 – James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
- June 14 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
- June 30 – Frederic Bastiat, French philosopher (d. 1850)
- July 5 – David Farragut, American naval commander (d.1870)
- July 29 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- October 12 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1873)
- November 3 – Karl Baedeker, German writer and publisher (d. 1859)
- November 3 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- November 10 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
- December 11 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)