Video: 'Tripoli War 1801 - 1805'
(Monday, June 10, 1805; during the First Barbary War) — The First Barbary War, the first of two Barbary Wars between the United States and the four North African states known collectively as the Barbary States to battle pirates seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, ended today when Yusuf Karamanli, the best-known Pasha of the Karamanli dynasty of Tripolitania (in present-day Libya) signed a treaty ending hostilities.
Video: 'First Barbary War: The Battle of Derne.'
(Saturday, April 27, 1805, 2:45 p.m. local time; during the First Barbary War) — An American-led force of Marines and mercenaries today captured the city of Derne, on the shores of Tripoli.
(Monday, March 4, 1805) — President Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated today for a second term of office in the Senate Chamber of the United States Capitol with Chief Justice John Marshall administering oath of office. Continue reading Jefferson sworn in for second term as U.S. President, Clinton as 4th VP 210 years ago today (Mar 4 1805)
Video: '1804 Presidential Election- Jefferson wins in a Landslide'
(Wednesday, December 5, 1804, during the 1804 presidential campaign) — Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson of Virginia was re-elected President of the United States today, defeating Federalist challenger former U.S. Minister to France Charles C. Pinckney of South Carolina. Continue reading Jefferson defeats Pinckney in landslide, re-elected president 210 years ago today (Dec 5 1804)
Video: 'J. F. Lesueur & N. Roze: Coronation music for Napoleon I (Paris, 1804) / V. Tchernouchenko'
(Sunday, December 2, 1804) — Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French today at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
Video: 'Presidential Minute With Franklin Pierce'
(Friday, November 23, 1804) — Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857), was born today in a log cabin in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Video: 'The Duel at Dawn, 1804 (Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr)'
(Wednesday, July 11, 1804, shortly after 7 a.m. local time) — U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel this morning in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton was carried to the home of William Bayard on the Manhattan shore, where he died at 2:00 p.m. the next day.
Video: 'Lewis and Clark Expedition Documentary'
(Monday, May 14, 1804, 4:00 p.m. local time) — The Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest left camp today near present-day Hartford, Illinois.
(Thursday, February 16, 1804, evening) — Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor, the principal sea port in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates during the First Barbary War.
Video: 'The Louisiana Purchase in a Nutshell'
(Saturday, April 30, 1803) — On the authorization of President Thomas Jefferson, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France today for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million, by signing the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris. The move doubled the size of the U.S., adding 828,000 square miles to American territory.
