Explore 394 historical events from 1800–1809.
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoi…
Louis Desaix, French general (born 1768)
Divisional-General Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French army officer and architect who served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for on…
Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (born 1753)
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was a mathematician and epigrammatist from the Holy Roman Empire.
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (born 1719)
Major-General Claude Martin was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in…
Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (born 1735)
The Library of Congress is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the de facto national library of t…
The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Aus
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: French forces won a victory at the Battle of Neuburg, ending Austrian control over the Rive
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: The British Royal Navy force attacked the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk…
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta…