1805 in the United States

::George Clinton (DR-New York) (starting March 4) - Chief Justice: John Marshall (Virginia) - Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon (DR-North Carolina) - Congress: [8th](8th-united-states-congress) (until March 4), [9th](9th-united-states-congress) (starting March 4) #### State governments ::data[format=table] | Governors and lieutenant governors | |---| | | :: ## Events ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Lewis_and_Clark.jpg" caption="The [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] sights the [[Great Falls of the Missouri River]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]]."] :: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/George_Clinton_by_Ezra_Ames.jpg" caption="George Clinton]] becomes the fourth U.S. vice president"] :: - January 11 – Michigan Territory is created. - February 11 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacagawea, is born with Meriwether Lewis aiding in the baby's delivery. - February 15 – Harmony Society formally established in the U.S. at Harmony, Pennsylvania. - March 1 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted of impeachment charges by the U.S. Senate. - March 3 – Louisiana Territory is created. - March 4 – Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States, and George Clinton is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. - April 7 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs Fort Mandan, beginning their journey to the Pacific Ocean. - April 27 – Battle of Derne: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "Shores of Tripoli"). - June 4 – The First Barbary War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America. - June 11 – Detroit burns to the ground; most of the city is destroyed. - June 13 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River, confirming they are heading in the right direction. - June 30 – Michigan Territory is effective. - July 4 – Louisiana Territory is effective. - October 18 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: William Clark sights Mount Hood through the fog, some 45 miles (72 km) away. - November 7 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean. ### Undated - Boston Gleaning Circle, a female literary organization, is established. ### Ongoing - First Barbary War (1801–1805) - Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) ## Births - January 8 – Orson Hyde, religious leader (died [1878](1878-in-the-united-states)) - February 11 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacagawea, explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader and military scout (died [1866](1866-in-the-united-states)) - February 18 – Louis M. Goldsborough, admiral (died [1877](1877-in-the-united-states)) - March 23 – Sears Cook Walker, mathematician and astronomer (died [1853](1853-in-the-united-states)) - June 14 – Robert Anderson, United States Army officer during the American Civil War (died [1871 in France](1871-in-france)) - June 15 – William B. Ogden, Chicago politician and railroad executive (died [1877](1877-in-the-united-states)) - July 10 – Jacob M. Howard, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1862 to 1871 (died [1871](1871-in-the-united-states)) - September 6 – Horatio Greenough, sculptor (died [1852](1852-in-the-united-states)) - September 19 – John Stevens Cabot Abbott, historian, pastor and pedagogical writer (died [1877](1877-in-the-united-states)) - October 9 – William M. Gwin, U.S. Senator from California from 1850 to 1855 and from 1857 to 1861 (died [1885](1885-in-the-united-states)) - November 28 – John Lloyd Stephens, traveler, diplomat and Mayanist archaeologist (died [1852](1852-in-the-united-states)) - December 2 – Cicero Price, commodore (died [1888](1888-in-the-united-states)) - December 10 – William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (died [1879](1879-in-the-united-states)) - December 12 – Henry Wells, businessman, founder of Wells Fargo (died [1878](1878-in-the-united-states)) - December 23 – Joseph Smith, religious leader, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died [1844](1844-in-the-united-states)) ## Deaths - January 7 – Ebenezer Sproat, Continental Army officer, pioneer in the Ohio Country (born [1752](1752)) - January 9 – Noble Wimberly Jones, physician and delegate to the Continental Congress in 1781 and 1782 (born c. [1723](1723)) - February 4 – John Sloss Hobart, jurist and politician (born [1738](1738)) - June 17 – John Ames, captain in the American Revolutionary War (born [1738](1738)) - August 28 – Christopher Gadsden, statesman (born [1724](1724)) - September 27 – William Moultrie, general (born [1730](1730)) - November – Robert Alexander, Maryland politician (born c. 1740) ## References ## References 1. ["April 7, 1805"](https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/item/lc.jrn.1805-04-07). *University of Nebraska-Lincoln*. 2. ["June 13, 1805"](https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/item/lc.jrn.1805-06-13). *University of Nebraska-Lincoln*. 3. ["October 18, 1805"](https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/item/lc.jrn.1805-10-18). *University of Nebraska-Lincoln*. 4. (2002). 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