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2 days ago · Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [b] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] . He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
- Martha Jefferson Randolph
Martha "Patsy" Randolph (née Jefferson; September 27, 1772 –...
- Jane Randolph Jefferson
Jane Randolph Jefferson (February 10, 1720 – March 31, 1776)...
- Mary Jefferson Eppes
Mary Jefferson Eppes (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804),...
- John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American...
- James Madison
James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an...
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- Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Thomas Jefferson was born into the planter class of a "slave...
- Thomas Jefferson (Disambiguation)
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was the president of the United...
- United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The...
- Rembrandt Peale
Rembrandt Peale (February 22, 1778 – October 3, 1860) was an...
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3 days ago · John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835.
3 days ago · Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code (the Napoleonic Code), and negotiated the Concordat of 1801. He also initiated the Napoleonic Wars (c. 1801–15), a series of wars that carried over into his reign as emperor of France (1804–14/15 ...
- Who was Napoleon?Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–...
- How did Napoleon become emperor of France?Napoleon first seized political power in a coup d’état in 1799. The coup resulted in the replacement of the extant governing body—a five-member Dir...
- What happened to Napoleon?After a series of military defeats in 1812–13, Napoleon was forced to abdicate the French throne on April 6, 1814. Napoleon returned to power in ea...
- Was Napoleon short?No! “Le Petit Caporal” wasn’t petite—at least not by 19th-century standards. The estimated average height of a French man in 1820 was 5 feet 4 inch...
5 days ago · 1801 1 March: The London Stock Exchange is founded as a regulated institution; its new building is completed on 30 December. 10 March: The first British census is carried out. London's population is 128,129 in the City, 831,181 in the county, and 1,114,644 in Greater London.
4 days ago · Digitized collection of primary documents and images of American life from 1801-1819. (Readex Digital Collections - Shaw-Shoemaker - Archive of Americana)
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5 days ago · Forced by Austrian pressure to enter the war against France (1799), Maximilian IV Joseph signed a separate peace in 1801, which, though formalizing the loss of his lands west of the Rhine, guaranteed compensation elsewhere.
3 days ago · He may also have been the first to suggest (1801) the value of compression of the charge in an internal-combustion engine. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica .
