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1791 - 1815 (24 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1613	21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
2	1760	25 Oct 1760—29 Jan 1820: George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.HistoricUK LoC
3	1791	24 Jan 1791: The Massachusetts Historical Society, the oldest organization in the United States devoted to collecting materials for the study of American history, is founded in Boston.MassHist MU 25 Feb 1791: The first bank of the U. S. is chartered by Congress.USState PBS 4 Mar 1791: Vermont becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 10 Mar 1791: John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts is issued a patent for a pile driver.GoogleBooks 15 Dec 1791: The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are ratified; collectively known as the Bill of Rights.LoC USNA
4	1792	2 Apr 1792: The United States Mint is established when Congress passes the Coinage Act.USMint Coins.ND 1 Jun 1792: Kentucky becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 13 Oct 1792: The cornerstone of the White House is laid in Washington, D. C.LoC WHM
5	1793	21 Jan 1793: Louis XVI, the last King of France, is executed by guillotine.LEF LoC 12 Sep 1793: Due to an outbreak of yellow fever, Philadelphia is quarantined.PBS IA 18 Sep 1793: The cornerstone to the U. S. Capitol building is laid by George Washington.USSenate AoC 16 Oct 1793: Marie-Antoinette is beheaded.CdV SIMag
6	1794	4 Feb 1794: France abolishes slavery in all of its colonies.GMU LoC 14 Mar 1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.OurDocs MassMoments 23 Jun 1794: Jews are once again allowed to settle in Kiev, by order of Catherine the Great, expanding the Pale of Settlement.NJOP SL 1 Aug 1794—25 Sep 1794: The Whiskey Rebellion occurs after Congress attempts to levy an excise tax on distilled goods.ABT PSU 26 Aug 1794: U. S. President Washington decides it's time to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.ORO LoC
7	1795	16 Jan 1795: Jacob Perkins of Newburyport, Massachusetts is granted a patent for a nail cutting and heading machine.DATAMP GoogleBooks
8	1796	13 Apr 1796: The first living elephant in America arrives in New York.NHMag CHS 1 Jun 1796: Tennessee becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 22 Jul 1796: Cleveland, Ohio is founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.WOIO LoC 7 Dec 1796: John Adams is elected the 2nd president of the United States of America, 1797 - 1801.USEA Whitehouse 31 Dec 1796: Baltimore, Maryland is incorporated as a city but it did not become effective until 1797.Sun Poe
9	1797	10 Mar 1797: Thomas Jefferson presents a scientific paper on a Megalonyx fossil to the American Philosophical Society that is considered the first American contribution to vertebrate paleontology.USNA SA 2 May 1797: Lorenzo Carter becomes the first permanent settler of Cleveland.CH TCD 21 Oct 1797: USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides", is launched.MassMoments UCM 22 Oct 1797: Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.TiS LoC
10	1798	14 Jul 1798: The Sedition Act becomes federal law, endangering liberty in the fragile new nation.OurDocs BoRI
11	1799	19 Jul 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found.tST ET
12	1800	24 Apr 1800: President John Adams approves $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress" - the Library of Congress.LoC FedReg 1 Nov 1800: John Adams moves into the White House, the first President to do so.Whitehouse WHHA 17 Nov 1800: The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D. C.USSenate
13	1801	17 Feb 1801: Thomas Jefferson is elected, by vote of Congress, as the 3rd president of the United States of America, 1801 - 1809.LoC USNA
14	1802	16 Mar 1802: The first U. S. military academy is established at West Point, New York.USHouse LoC 3 May 1802: Washington, D. C. is incorporated as a city.USNA SI
15	1803	1 Mar 1803: Ohio becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 30 Apr 1803: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France.Avalon OurDocs 31 Aug 1803: Meriwether Lewis begins a 982 mile voyage down the Ohio River to pick up William Clark.L-C NPS 30 Nov 1803: Louisiana Territory is officially transferred from Spain to France.Avalon LSM 20 Dec 1803: In a military ceremony, the French turn over the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.GNO LoC
16	1804	26 Mar 1804: U. S. Congress allows for the "voluntary" removal of Indians east of the Mississippi River to Louisiana Territory in exchange for land, setting the stage for the Trail of Tears.Avalon USNA 14 May 1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Corps of Discovery begin their westward expedition.USArmy USBoR 11 Jul 1804: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton have a pistol duel. Burr is unscathed, Hamilton dies the next day from his injuries.PBS LoC 10 Oct 1804: A "snow hurricane" strikes Massachusetts.MassMoments NEHS
17	1805	18 Nov 1805: Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific.L&C
18	1806	23 Sep 1806: Lewis and Clark complete their expedition.NPS SIMag 7 Oct 1806: Ralph Wedgwood receives the first patent for carbon paper.W I R E D
19	1807	2 Mar 1807: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves is passed through the U. S. Congress in order to stop any new slaves being brought into the country.Avalon USState 25 Mar 1807: The slave trade is abolished in Great BritainGovTrack Canada 17 Aug 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, Clermont, begins its first successful trip up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany.PBS OHC
20	1808	1 Jan 1808: The U. S. ban on importing slaves goes into effect.Avalon PBS 7 Dec 1808: James Madison is elected the 4th president of the United States of America, 1809 - 1817.USEA Whitehouse
21	1810	27 Oct 1810: The United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida which includes parts of modern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida.UCSB UVA
22	1811	11 Oct 1811: The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry, servicing New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey.Google Books Almanac 16 Dec 1811: A powerful earthquake, along with a strong aftershock, strike near New Madrid, Missouri.USGS SIMag
23	1812	23 Jan 1812: The second powerful earthquake strikes the New Madrid, Missouri area.USGS SIMag 7 Feb 1812: A third powerful earthquake strikes the New Madrid area along a fault from Missouri into Tennessee.USGS SIMag 11 Feb 1812: Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signs a bill that creates oddly-shaped voting districts in several parts of the state, the birth of "gerrymandering".MassMoments LoC 30 Apr 1812: Louisiana becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 18 Jun 1812: The War of 1812 begins when the U. S. declares war on Great Britain.USNA USNI LoC 12 Jul 1812: During the War of 1812, the U. S. invades Canada for only the second time in history.UMich NPS 19 Aug 1812: USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere in a battle off the coast of Nova Scotia earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".USNavy MM
24	1813	16 Apr 1813: The first order for a product made with interchangeable parts in the U. S. goes to Simeon North, a pistol manufacturer in Berlin, Connecticut.W I R E D ASoAC 10 Sep 1813: The U. S. Fleet defeats the British Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie.OHC NPS 26 Oct 1813: Canadian troops and their Mohawk allies win an important victory over invading American forces in the Battle of the Châteauguay.NPS MC
25	1814	24 Aug 1814: During the War of 1812, British soldiers burn Washington, DC.USSenate WHHA 13 Sep 1814: Francis Scott Key writes the Star-Spangled Banner.SIMag LoC 24 Dec 1814: The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.OurDocs Avalon
26	1815	8 Jan 1815: An American force of 3000 men defeats a British force of around 8000 men in the Battle of New Orleans - even though the War of 1812 was already over with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.HBoNO LoC 10 Apr 1815: Mount Tambora begins the largest eruption in recorded history which causes the following year to be known as the "year without a summer".NASA SIMag

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