1801

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

Events

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)

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)