Timeline May 1800

Events in May 1800 12

• 1728 – 1800 Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800) Died 7 May 1800, aged 72 Piccinni was an Italian composer of more than a hundred operas, among them La Cecchina. In Paris his supporters were set against Gluck's in a famous quarrel over opera. He died at Passy, near Paris.
• 1728 – 1800 Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800) Died 7 May 1800, aged 72 Piccinni was an Italian composer of more than a hundred operas, among them La Cecchina. In Paris his supporters were set against Gluck's in a famous quarrel over opera. He died at Passy, near Paris.
• 1729 – 1800 Alexander Suvorov (1729-1800) Died 18 May 1800, aged 70 Suvorov was a Russian generalissimo who is said never to have lost a battle. He won victories against the Ottomans and Poles, and in 1799 he led the Italian and Swiss campaigns against France. Emperor Paul I treated him coldly at the end, and he died in St Petersburg.
• 1729 – 1800 Alexander Suvorov (1729-1800) Died 18 May 1800, aged 70 Suvorov was a Russian generalissimo who is said never to have lost a battle. He won victories against the Ottomans and Poles, and in 1799 he led the Italian and Swiss campaigns against France. Emperor Paul I treated him coldly at the end, and he died in St Petersburg.
• 1800 Humboldt explores the Casiquiare canal Confirms a waterway linking the Orinoco and Amazon basins Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland travelled along the Casiquiare in Venezuela and mapped it. They confirmed that this natural channel connects the Orinoco river system to the Amazon basin through the Rio Negro.
• 1800 Humboldt explores the Casiquiare canal Confirms a waterway linking the Orinoco and Amazon basins Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland travelled along the Casiquiare in Venezuela and mapped it. They confirmed that this natural channel connects the Orinoco river system to the Amazon basin through the Rio Negro.
• 1800 Electrolysis of water Nicholson and Carlisle split water with a voltaic pile Soon after hearing about Volta's pile, William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle in London passed a current through water. It broke down into hydrogen and oxygen. This was the first electrolysis and the beginning of electrochemistry.
• 1800 Electrolysis of water Nicholson and Carlisle split water with a voltaic pile Soon after hearing about Volta's pile, William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle in London passed a current through water. It broke down into hydrogen and oxygen. This was the first electrolysis and the beginning of electrochemistry.
• 1800 Battle of Engen Moreau defeats Kray in southern Germany Jean Victor Moreau's Army of the Rhine fought Paul Kray's Austrians at Engen while another French force fought at nearby Stockach on the same day. The Austrians were pushed back towards Ulm, opening the Danube campaign that ended at Hohenlinden.
• 1800 Battle of Engen Moreau defeats Kray in southern Germany Jean Victor Moreau's Army of the Rhine fought Paul Kray's Austrians at Engen while another French force fought at nearby Stockach on the same day. The Austrians were pushed back towards Ulm, opening the Danube campaign that ended at Hohenlinden.
• 1800 Napoleon crosses the Great St Bernard Pass The Army of Reserve marches over the Alps into Italy Napoleon led the Army of Reserve over the Great St Bernard Pass and dragged its artillery across the snow on sledges. The crossing put a French army in the rear of the Austrian forces in northern Italy and set up the Marengo campaign. Jacques-Louis David's painting of the crossing became one of the defining images of Napoleon.
• 1800 Napoleon crosses the Great St Bernard Pass The Army of Reserve marches over the Alps into Italy Napoleon led the Army of Reserve over the Great St Bernard Pass and dragged its artillery across the snow on sledges. The crossing put a French army in the rear of the Austrian forces in northern Italy and set up the Marengo campaign. Jacques-Louis David's painting of the crossing became one of the defining images of Napoleon.