Year
1801 (MDCCCI)
was a
common year
starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on
Tuesday
of the 12-day-slower
Julian
calendar). It was also the first year of the
19th Century.
Events of 1801
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Undated
Ongoing events
Births
January–June
- January 3 – Gijsbert Haan, Dutch-American religious leader
(d. 1874)
- February 1 – Thomas Cole, American artist (d. 1848)
- February 13 – János Kardos, Hungarian Slovenes evangelical priest,
teacher and writer (d. 1875)
- February 21 – John Henry Newman, English Roman Catholic
Cardinal (d. 1890)
- May 11 – Henri
Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
- June 1 – Brigham
Young, American religious leader and colonizer (d. 1877)
- June 4 – James Pennethorne, English architect (d.
1871)
- June 14 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d.
1868)
- June 30 – Frederic Bastiat, French philosopher (d.
1850)
July–December
Deaths
January–June
- February 7 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b.
1726)
- March 19 Ambrosio O'Higgins,
Marquis of Osorno, Spanish viceroy of Peru and Governor of Chile, father of Bernardo O'Higgins
- March 21 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741)
- March 23 – Tsar Paul of Russia (b. 1754)
- March 25 – Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
- March 28 – Ralph Abercromby, British general (b.
1734)
- April 2 – Thomas Dadford Junior, British
engineer
- April 7 – Noël François de Wailly,
French lexicographer (b. 1724)
- May 17 – William Heberden, English physician (b.
1710)
- June 4 – Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of
the U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1750)
- June 14 – Benedict Arnold, American Revolution hero
and traitor (b. 1741)
July–December
Notes
- "Calendar in year 1801 (Russia)" (Julian calendar, starting
Tuesday), webpage: Julian-1801 (Russia used the Julian calendar
until 1919).