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The British acquire a foothold in the Persian Gulf by making Oman a protectorate
English poets Wordsworth and Coleridge jointly publish Lyrical Ballads, a milestone in the Romantic movement
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is published in Lyrical Ballads
The tsar, Paul I, establishes the Russian-American Company with the express purpose of developing Alaska
English surveyor William Smith compiles a manuscript, Order of the Strata, revealing chronology through fossils in rocks
The British parliament passes a Combination Act, classing any association of labourers as a criminal conspiracy
A Portuguese prince regent, the future John VI, rules on behalf of his deranged mother, Queen Maria
Napoleon abandons his army in Egypt and returns hastily to Paris at a time of great political opportunity
Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul
Napoleon appoints a commission to prepare a code of civil law, which becomes known as the Code Napoléon
Italian physicist Alessandro Volta describes to the Royal Society in London how his 'pile' of discs can produce electric current
Toussaint L'Ouverture emerges as the leader of Saint-Domingue, ruling without French colonial control
Welsh industrialist Robert Owen takes charge of a mill at New Lanark and develops it as an experiment in paternalistic socialism
Napoleon takes a French army through the Alps before the snows have cleared, and defeats the Austrians at Marengo
The Act of Union comes into effect, linking Ireland with Britain to form the United Kingdom
Toussaint L'Ouverture invades the neighbouring Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, and becomes ruler of of the whole island of Hispaniola
British prime minister William Pitt resigns when George III vetoes Catholic emancipation, but is recalled three years later
Horatio Nelson puts his telescope to his blind eye when the signal is given to withdraw from Copenhagen harbour
Napoleon mends France's fences with Roman Catholicism by agreeing a Concordat with Pope Pius VII
Both France and Britain, engaged against each other in the Napoleonic Wars, take the first census of their populations
A powerful French force arrives in Saint-Domingue and recovers control of the colony, offering generous terms to the native leaders
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (in 1800) is the first of several paintings by Jacques-Louis David celebrating the future emperor
The British parliament passes the first Factory Act, limiting a child's working day in a factory to twelve hours
A steam tug designed by William Symington, the Charlotte Dundas, goes into service on the Forth and Clyde canal
The treaty agreed at Amiens between France and Britain brings a welcome lull after ten years of warfare in Europe
