Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1800
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Literature
- Blake moves to Felpham to live under the patronage of William Hayley
- Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
- Novalis, Hymn of the Night
- William Wordsworth writes The Recluse, book I ("Home at
Grasmere," unpublished until 1888)
- William Wordsworth, Preface to the second edition of Lyrical
Ballads
Theatre
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Alessandro Volta develops the electric battery
- Humphry Davy publishes Researches, Chemical and Philosophical,
Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide
- Franz Joseph Gall invents craniology
Politics & Law
- Act of Union with Ireland
Philosophy & Theology
- Friedrich Schelling, System of Transcendental Idealism
Milestones
Miscellaneous
- Alexander von Humboldt explores the Orinoco River in South America
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