Data for 1800

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The White House South Facade

Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the chemical battery (Mar 20), Napoleon and his French army begin crossing the Alps (May 15), smallpox vaccine, in existence since 1796, is first used in North America (Jun 2), assent is given to unite the Kingdoms of Great Britain  and Ireland (Aug 1), Spain returns Louisiana to France in exchange for the Tuscany area of Italy (Oct 1), John Adams becomes the first U.S. president to live in the White House (Nov 1) – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1800”