What Happened in November 1800

Historical Events

Adams moves into the White House

Nov 1 John Adams becomes the first US President to live in the White House

  • Nov 7 It becomes illegal for women in Paris to wear trousers without a Police permit (annulled 2013)
  • Nov 17 Congress holds its 1st session in Washington, D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building
  • Nov 17 U.S. Congress meets for the first time in the newly built Capitol in Washington, D.C., which had been established by The Residence Act of July 16, 1790

Humbodt, Bonpland Depart Caracas

Nov 24 Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland depart Caracas for Cuba to meet fellow botanist John Fraser, during their five-year expedition of Spanish America

  • Nov 24 Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen" premieres in Freiburg

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 4 Eduard Brendler, Swedish composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1831)
  • Nov 6 Eduard Grell, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1886)
  • Nov 14 Heinrich Dorn, German composer and opera conductor, born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) (d. 1892)
  • Nov 15 George Rodwell, English composer, born in London (d. 1852)
  • Nov 23 Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and author (Povesti), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1875)