Editing 1801 (section)

=== April–June ===
*[[April 2]] – [[War of the Second Coalition]]: First [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] – The  British [[Royal Navy]], under [[Hyde Parker (admiral)|Admiral Sir Hyde Parker]], forces the [[Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy]] to accept an [[armistice]]. Vice-Admiral [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] leads the main attack, deliberately disregarding his commander's signal to withdraw.<ref name="People's Chronology">{{cite book|chapter=1801|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006}}</ref> He is created a [[Viscount]] on May 19; Denmark-Norway is forced to withdraw from the [[Second League of Armed Neutrality]].
*[[April 21]] – [[Ranjit Singh]] is invested as Maharaja of Punjab.
*[[May 6]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Action of 6 May 1801]] off [[Barcelona]] – British Royal Navy brig [[HMS Speedy (1782)|HMS ''Speedy'']], although outmanned and outgunned, captures the 32-gun [[Spanish frigate El Gamo|Spanish frigate ''El Gamo'']].
*[[May 10]] – The pascha of [[Ottoman Tripolitania|Tripoli]] declares [[First Barbary War|war]] on the United States, by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.
*[[June 7]] – [[War of the Oranges]] ends: Portugal and Spain sign the [[Treaty of Badajoz (1801)|Treaty of Badajoz]]; Portugal loses the city of [[Olivenza]].
*[[June 15]] – A bull breaks through barriers at a [[Bullfighting|bullfight]] in Madrid, killing two people (including the mayor of [[Torrejón de Ardoz]])<ref>"[http://www.nationalgalleries.org/index.php/collection/online_az/4:322/results/0/34098/ Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and the death of the mayor of Torrejón, Plate 21 of La Tauromaquia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608070953/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/index.php/collection/online_az/4:322/results/0/34098/ |date=June 8, 2011 }}". [[National Galleries of Scotland]]. Retrieved on February 25, 2010.</ref> and injuring a number of other spectators.
*[[June 27]] – [[Siege of Cairo]] ends: [[Cairo]] falls to British troops.