1801
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Events
- U.S.-Tripolitanian War begins.
- Russian Czar Paul is assassinated. Alexander I becomes new Czar.
Timeline
- March 3: 1798 Alien and Sedition Act expires.
- March 4: Thomas Jefferson inaugurated as President of the United States.
- May 14: American Consulate flagstaff in Tripoli is cut down by order of the city's Pasha.
- May 20: Three Tripolitanian ships break free of the U.S. blocade of the harbor of Tripoli.
- July 19: Captured American captives are jubilantly paraded in the streets of Tripoli.