Documents in Year 1801                     

Links of Interest:

• John Adams, Second U.S. President

(1797-1801)

• Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President

(1801-1809)

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• Education: State Institutions of higher education established:

University of Georgia (1785) - South
University of North Carolina (1789) - South
University of Tennessee (1794)- South

University of South Carolina (1801) - South

Indiana University (1820) - Midwest
University of Michigan (1837) - Midwest
University of Wisconsin (1848) - Midwest

Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 140 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010 see 1817 for next event...

• Technology:

  Loom Invented to weave cloth

First programmable machine invented by French weaver, Joseph-Marie Jaquard. The loom was strung with punched cards to let different colored threads through to form different patterns.
(See 1837 for next improvement in computer science.)
Source: Brainpop.com Click on Technology then Computer History