1801 (MDCCCI) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar. It was the 1st year of the 19th century.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1770s 1780s 1790s – 1800s – 1810s 1820s 1830s |
| Years: | 1798 1799 1800 – 1801 – 1802 1803 1804 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1801 MDCCCI |
| French Republican calendar | 9–10 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2554 |
| Armenian calendar | 1250 ԹՎ ՌՄԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6551 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1722–1723 |
| Bengali calendar | 1208 |
| Berber calendar | 2751 |
| British Regnal year | 41 Geo. 3 – 42 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2345 |
| Burmese calendar | 1163 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7309–7310 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4497 or 4437 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4498 or 4438 |
| Coptic calendar | 1517–1518 |
| Discordian calendar | 2967 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1793–1794 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5561–5562 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1857–1858 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1722–1723 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4901–4902 |
| Holocene calendar | 11801 |
| Igbo calendar | 801–802 |
| Iranian calendar | 1179–1180 |
| Islamic calendar | 1215–1216 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei 13 (寛政１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1727–1728 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4134 |
| Minguo calendar | 111 before ROC 民前111年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 333 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2343–2344 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1927 or 1546 or 774 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1928 or 1547 or 775 |
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Events
change- Great Britain is united with Ireland to make the United Kingdom.
Deaths
change- February 7 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
- 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 doctor (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)
- September 19 – Johann Gottfried Koehler, German astronomer (b. 1745)
- October 3 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)
- November 4 – William Shippen, American physician and Continental Congressman (b. 1536)
- November 5 – Motoori Norinaga, Japanese philologist and scholar (b. 1730)
- November 24 – Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
Births
change- January 3 – Gijsbert Haan, Dutch-American religious leader (d. 1874)
- February 1 – Thomas Cole, American artist (d. 1848)
- towards February 13 – János Kardos Hungarian Slovenes evangelic 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 5 – David Farragut, American naval commander (d.1870)
- July 29 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- October 12 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1873)
- November 3 – Karl Baedeker, German writer and publisher (d. 1859)
- November 3 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- November 10 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
- December 11 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)