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Josephine's daughter, Hortense de Beauharnais, marries Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte
The Treaty of Amiens restores the Cape of Good Hope to the Netherlands
English journalist William Cobbett launches a weekly newspaper, The Political Register, that he continues till his death in 1835
The Constitution of the Year XII (the twelfth year of the French Revolutionary Calendar) makes Napoleon First Consul for life
Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick drives a steam carriage in London, from Holborn to Paddington and back
The Frankfurt banker Mayer Amschel Rothschild lends 20 million francs to the Danish government
The peace of Amiens comes to an abrupt end when Britain declares war again on France
Napoleon assembles an invasion fleet against Britain, where Martello towers are hastily built in preparation
The uprising by Irish nationalist Robert Emmet ends in disaster when he marches on Dublin with only about 100 men
English chemist John Dalton reads a paper describing his Law of Partial Pressure in gases (discovered in 1801)
At the end of his Partial Pressure paper, John Dalton makes brief mention of his radical theory of differing atomic weights
Napoleon sends an ill-judged message to royalist opponents when he orders the seizure and execution of the young duke of Enghien
Richard Trevithick runs the first locomotive on rails, pulling heavy weights a distance of 9 miiles (15 km) near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales
Napoleon has himself proclaimed emperor of France by the Senate
The city of Hobart is founded on the southern coast of Tasmania
William Blake includes his poem 'Jerusalem' in the Preface to his book Milton
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of the French in a magnificent ceremony in Notre Dame
Napoleon has himself crowned king of Italy in the cathedral in Milan
Horatio Nelson dies on the deck of the Victory after winning the battle of Trafalgar
Lord Castlereagh becomes secretary of state for war in William Pitt's government
Walter Scott publishes The Lay of the Last Minstrel, the long romantic poem that first brings him fame
The British recapture the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch
Napoleon announces that Holland is to be a kingdom, with his 28-year-old brother Louis Bonaparte on the throne
The Carbonari, an Italian group of revolutionaries, make their first appearance in Naples in opposition to French rule
Napoleon imposes his Continental System, designed to strangle Britain's trade
