* [[April 27]] – [[Battle of Derne]]: [[United States Marines]] and [[Berbers]] attack the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]tan city of [[Derna, Libya|Derna]] (the ''Shores of Tripoli'').
* [[April 27]] – [[Battle of Derne]]: [[United States Marines]] and [[Berbers]] attack the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]tan city of [[Derna, Libya|Derna]] (the ''Shores of Tripoli'').
* [[April 29]] – [[Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck]] is appointed as [[Grand Pensionary]] of the [[Batavian Republic]] by [[Napoleon]].
* [[April 29]] – [[Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck]] is appointed as [[Grand Pensionary]] of the [[Batavian Republic]] by [[Napoleon]].
* [[May 26]] – [[Napoleon]] is crowned [[King of Italy]].
* [[May 26]] – [[Napoleon]] is crowned [[King of Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A close-up on: Napoleon crowned king of Italy, 26 May 1805 in Milan |url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/close-up/a-close-up-on-napoleon-crowned-king-of-italy-26-may-1805-in-milan/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=napoleon.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[May 31]]–[[June 2]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Diamond Rock]] – A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island of [[Diamond Rock]] off [[Martinique]] in the [[West Indies]], from the British.
* [[May 31]]–[[June 2]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Diamond Rock]] – A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island of [[Diamond Rock]] off [[Martinique]] in the [[West Indies]], from the British.
* [[June 1]] – Tuscan-born composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] is buried in the [[Basílica pontificia de San Miguel]] in Madrid after being found dead on [[May 28]].
* [[June 1]] – Tuscan-born composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] is buried in the [[Basílica pontificia de San Miguel]] in Madrid after being found dead on [[May 28]].
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* [[August 31]] – British Army General [[Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet|David Baird]] departs from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], leading an expedition to capture the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. Their ship arrives on January 4.<ref>"Baird, David", in ''A New General Biographical Dictionary'', Volume 3, ed. by Hugh James Rose (T. Fellowes, 1857) p20</ref>
* [[August 31]] – British Army General [[Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet|David Baird]] departs from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], leading an expedition to capture the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. Their ship arrives on January 4.<ref>"Baird, David", in ''A New General Biographical Dictionary'', Volume 3, ed. by Hugh James Rose (T. Fellowes, 1857) p20</ref>
* [[September 21]] – [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|King Ferdinand of Naples]] signs a treaty in Paris agreeing to keep Naples neutral during the war between France and the allied powers.<ref>''Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle'' (William Mark Clark, 1836) p329</ref>
* [[September 21]] – [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|King Ferdinand of Naples]] signs a treaty in Paris agreeing to keep Naples neutral during the war between France and the allied powers.<ref>''Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle'' (William Mark Clark, 1836) p329</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Nelson]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] takes command of the fleet off the coast of [[Cadiz]], in order to counteract the navies of France and Spain.<ref>''The Englishman's library: comprising a series of historical, biographical, and national information'' (Charles Knight, 1824) p165</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Nelson]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] takes command of the fleet off the coast of [[Cádiz]], in order to counteract the navies of France and Spain.<ref>''The Englishman's library: comprising a series of historical, biographical, and national information'' (Charles Knight, 1824) p165</ref>
March 5 – The New Brunswick Legislature passes a bill to advance literacy in the province, which eventually leads to the creation of public education in Canada.
August 27 – Napoleon orders the Grande Armée ("The Great Army") of some 165,000 men to march to the Rhine River to deal with the Austrian and Russian threats on the frontier. The French army is organized into seven corps and is supported by 36–40 cannons each. Napoleon orders Marshal Joachim Murat with his I Cavalry Corps (some 20,000 men), to make feint attacks through the Black Forest in south-west Germany.
November 20 – Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, in its original form (known retrospectively as Leonore), is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, which at this time is under French military occupation.
December 31 – The French Republican Calendar (which featured a 10-day week until 1802) is used for the last time, 8 days after being annulled by Napoleon, with the final official date being "9 Nivôse in Year XIV of the Revolution".[10]
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James Squire becomes the first brewer in Australia to cultivate hops.
The Old Man of the Mountain, a natural rock formation in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, is first mentioned by two workmen, Francis Whitcomb and Luke Brooks.
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