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== Events ==
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* [[World population]] approaches the 1 billion milestone which it will attain in 1802. The population distribution by region:
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** Africa: 107,000,000
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** Asia: 635,000,000
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** China: 300–400,000,000
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** Europe: 203,000,000
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** Latin America: 24,000,000
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** Northern America: 7,000,000
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** Oceania: 2,000,000
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*January 1 The [[Dutch East India Company]] dissolves.
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* February 7 – A public [[1800 French constitutional referendum|plebiscite in France]] confirms [[Napoleon]] as [[First Consul]], by a substantial majority.
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* March 20 – [[Alessandro Volta]] describes his new invention, the [[voltaic pile]], the first chemical [[Battery (electricity)|battery]], in a letter to the [[Royal Society]] of London.
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* April – Voting begins in the [[1800 United States presidential election]]; it will last until October. The result is not announced until February 1801.
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* May 15 – [[Napoleon]] and his French army (40,000 men)—not including the [[field artillery]] and [[Train (military)|baggage trains]]—(35,000 [[Artillery|light artillery]] and [[infantry]], 5,000 [[cavalry]]) begin crossing the [[Alps]]. He selects the shortest route through the [[Great St Bernard Pass]], and invades after five days traversing the northern region of Italy.
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* July 2 – The [[Acts of Union 1800|Union with Ireland Act 1800]] is passed by the [[Parliament of Great Britain]]; the Irish Parliament passes similar legislation in the following month, uniting the two kingdoms<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20081015044930/http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/</ref> and abolishing the Parliament of Ireland.
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* August 1 – King George III gives royal assent to the [[Acts of Union 1800|second Act of Union]] to unite the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] (both ruled by him) into the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], effective on January 1, 1801.
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* September 4 – The French garrison in [[Valletta]] surrenders to British troops, who had been called at the invitation of the [[Maltese people|Maltese]]. The islands of [[Malta (island)|Malta]] and [[Gozo]] become the [[Malta Protectorate]].
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* November 22 – [[War of the Second Coalition]]: Hostilities resume.
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December 3 - United States presidential election, 1800: The Electoral College casts votes for president and Vice President that results in a tie between [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[Aaron Burr]], requiring a [[contingent election]] which will select Jefferson as president.
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* December 24
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** The [[Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise]] fails to kill [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].
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** [[Peter Coudrin|Pierre Coudrin]] and Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie found the [[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary]] in Paris.
 
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The human population closes in on 1 billion.
Year 1800

Events

  • World population approaches the 1 billion milestone which it will attain in 1802. The population distribution by region:
    • Africa: 107,000,000
    • Asia: 635,000,000
    • China: 300–400,000,000
    • Europe: 203,000,000
    • Latin America: 24,000,000
    • Northern America: 7,000,000
    • Oceania: 2,000,000

December 3 - United States presidential election, 1800: The Electoral College casts votes for president and Vice President that results in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, requiring a contingent election which will select Jefferson as president.

 

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