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As pope, he followed a policy of cooperation with the French-established Republic. He even participated in France's Continental Blockade of Great Britain.
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This was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the Northwest African Berber Muslim states (also known collectively as the Barbary States.) Lasted from 1801 to 1805
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the Cisalpine Republic was created on July 27, with the capital of the unified state being Milan. June 29 Napolean decreed the birth of the Cisalpine Republic, creating a Directory for the republic and appointing its ministers.
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Marbury was the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled an act of Congress unconstitutional, and thereby reinforced the doctrine of judicial review.
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French civil code that was established under Napoléon I in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified.
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30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes the first womens club in America
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Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
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Congress creates legislature that bans slave trade. Becomes effective in 1808.
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an American statesman and political theorist. He is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being crucial in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key supporter and author of the United States Bill of Rights.
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The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden"
