Important Historical Events of the year 1805, Year 1805 in History

List of 1805 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1805

What happened in the year 1805?

Date Event
January 11, 1805 The Michigan Territory is created.
March 1, 1805 Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
March 17, 1805 The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy.
April 7, 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
April 7, 1805 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
April 26, 1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
April 27, 1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn).
May 17, 1805 Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
May 26, 1805 Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
May 31, 1805 French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock, Martinique.
June 2, 1805 Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
June 10, 1805 First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
June 11, 1805 A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
June 13, 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
June 30, 1805 Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.
July 22, 1805 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
October 14, 1805 War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
October 16, 1805 War of the Third Coalition: Napoleon surrounds the Austrian army at Ulm.
October 19, 1805 War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
October 21, 1805 Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
November 1, 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
November 11, 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
November 16, 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
November 20, 1805 Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna.
November 26, 1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
December 2, 1805 War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
December 26, 1805 Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.