Timeline Wednesday 3 December 1800

Events on Wednesday 3 December 1800 2

• 1800 Battle of Hohenlinden French army crushes Austrian forces in Bavaria General Jean-Victor Moreau led a French army to a decisive victory over Archduke John of Austria's forces near Hohenlinden in Bavaria. The defeat forced Austria to seek peace, leading to the Treaty of Luneville the following February. It effectively ended the War of the Second Coalition on the continent.
• 1800 US presidential election of 1800 Electoral tie between Jefferson and Burr triggers a constitutional crisis Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes, an unintended tie caused by the era's voting rules, throwing the contest into the House of Representatives. The bitter campaign marked the first peaceful transfer of power between opposing political parties in the young republic. The House would resolve the deadlock in Jefferson's favor in February 1801.