Year
1805 (
MDCCCV) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1805
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December
Undated
Ongoing events
Births
January - June
July - December
- July 29 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (d. 1859)
- August 4 - William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
- August 29 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
- November 14 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
- November 28 - John Lloyd Stephens, American traveler, diplomat and Mayanist archaeologist (d. 1852)
- December 22 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893)
- December 23 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader, founder of Mormonism (d. 1844)
- See also .
Deaths
January - June
- January 9 - Noble Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
- January 18 - John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1730)
- January 23 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (b. 1763)
- February 25 - Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
- March 4 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
- May 7 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
- May 9 - Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (b. 1759)
- May 25 - William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
- May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
- June 19 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
July - December
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- 1783 First manned hot air balloon invented in France.
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1805.
Events
Births
June births
- June 15 - William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877).
..... Click the link for more information. See also: 1804 in Australia, other events of 1805, 1806 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales- Captain Philip King
..... Click the link for more information. See also: 1804 in Canada, other events of 1805, 1806 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats French at Battle of Trafalgar.
- Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean.
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Events
Births
- 4 August - William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1865)
Deaths
- 18 June - Arthur Murphy, editor and writer (b.1727).
..... Click the link for more information. See also: 1804 in South Africa, other events of 1805, 1806 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
- The Napoleonic Wars break out between France and the United Kingdom
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