Major events




  • March 4, 1801: Presidential inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
  • May 10, 1801: The pascha of Tripoli declared war on United States by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down
  • March 16, 1802: West Point established
  • February 24, 1803: First time an Act of Congress was declared unconstitutional: U.S. Supreme Court case, Marbury v. Madison

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