President:
Pres: Thomas Jefferson elected over Charles Cotesworth Pinckney with problem with Aaron Burr
General
- Crime: Alexander Hamilton killed in duel with Aaron Burr over position as vice president - Hamilton refused to fire
- Exploration: Lewis and Clark begin expedition
- Law: 12th amendment ratified - Election of Pres and Vice same party
- Politics: Burr defeated as vice president - he blames Hamilton leading to duel
East
- General: Slavery banned in NOrth
- New Jersey: Emancipation Law
- Vermont: Lemuel Haynes receives honorary master's degree from Middlebury College
South
- Georgia: Hurricane
- South Carolina: Hurricane
West and Pacific
- General: Zebulon Pike begins two years exploration in SW
- Alaska: Battle of Sitka as Russians defeat Tlingit people