Timeline October 1800

Events in October 1800 5

• 1800 Gabriel's Rebellion Planned slave revolt in Virginia is betrayed Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith, organised a large revolt planned for 30 August near Richmond, Virginia. A heavy storm delayed it and two enslaved men revealed the plot. Gabriel and about 25 others were hanged, Gabriel himself on 10 October.
• 1800 Gabriel's Rebellion Planned slave revolt in Virginia is betrayed Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith, organised a large revolt planned for 30 August near Richmond, Virginia. A heavy storm delayed it and two enslaved men revealed the plot. Gabriel and about 25 others were hanged, Gabriel himself on 10 October.
• 1800 Treaty of San Ildefonso Spain secretly cedes Louisiana back to France In a secret treaty signed at San Ildefonso, Spain agreed to transfer the Louisiana territory in North America back to France in exchange for territorial concessions in Italy. The transfer remained secret for two years. It set the stage for the Louisiana Purchase, when Napoleon sold the territory to the United States in 1803.
• 1800 – 1891 George Bancroft (1800-1891) Died 17 January 1891, aged 90 American historian and statesman, author of the multi-volume History of the United States. He served as US Secretary of the Navy and helped establish the US Naval Academy. His historical writing shaped 19th-century American national identity.
• 1800 – 1859 Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) Died 28 December 1859, aged 59 Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British historian and politician whose History of England and essays were widely read and admired for their style. He also served in colonial administration in India, where he shaped early legal and educational policy. He was created Baron Macaulay in 1857 and died at his home near London.