Events January–March January 1 The French Republican Calendar is abolished. The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital, London, prior to his funeral. January 8 – Battle of Blaauwberg: British infantry force troops of the Batavian Republic in the Dutch Cape Colony to withdraw. January 9 The Dutch commandant of Cape Town surrenders to British forces. On January 10, formal capitulation is signed under the Treaty Tree in Papendorp (modern-day Woodstock). Lord Nelson is given a state funeral and interment at St Paul's Cathedral in London, attended by the Prince of Wales. January 18 – The Dutch Cape Colony capitulates to British forces, the origin of its status as a colony within the British Empire. January 23 Grenville succeeds his cousin William Pitt the Younger as wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom upon Pitt's death this day amidst worsening health, caused by the stresses of the Napoleonic Wars. Invasion of Naples: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies flees to the Kingdom of Sicily under British protection. February 6 – Battle of San Domingo: The British Royal Navy gains a victory over the French off Santo Domingo. February 15 – Invasion of Naples: Joseph Bonaparte enters Naples. March 23 – Explorers Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery, having reached the Pacific Ocean after traveling through the Louisiana Purchase, begin their journey home. March 28 – Washington College (modern-day Washington & Jefferson College) is chartered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. March 29 – Construction is authorized of the National Road, the first United States federal highway. March 30 – Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) proclaimed. April–June April 8 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, adopted daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte, marries Prince Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden. April 25 – Rana Bahadur Shah is killed by his step-brother Sher Bahadur Shah in the late night meeting which triggers two weeks' long massacre in Bhandarkhal garden. May 30 – Future President of the United States Andrew Jackson fights his second duel, killing a man who had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy. June 5 – Louis Bonaparte is appointed as King of Holland by his brother, Emperor Napoleon, replacing the Batavian Republic. July–September July 4 Battle of Maida: Britain defeats the French in Calabria. The legendary ship The Irish Rover sets sail from the