Editing 1800 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 2]] &ndash; The [[Acts of Union 1800|Union with Ireland Act 1800]] is passed by the [[Parliament of Great Britain]]; the Irish Parliament passes similar legislation in the following month, uniting the two kingdoms<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/|title=Act of Union 1707|work=www.parliament.uk|year=2007|access-date=2012-08-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015044930/http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/|archive-date=2008-10-15}}</ref><ref>''[[s:Act of Union 1707|Act of Union 1707]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Act of Union Timeline|work=Act of Union Virtual Library|url=http://www.actofunion.ie/timeline.htm|access-date=2013-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212131051/http://www.actofunion.ie/timeline.htm|archive-date=December 12, 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> and abolishing the Parliament of Ireland.
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Fort William College]] is established by [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley|Lord Wellesley]], British [[Governor-General of India]], in [[Calcutta]], to promote [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]] and other [[vernacular]]s of the [[Indian subcontinent]].
* [[August 1]] &ndash; King George III gives royal assent to the [[Acts of Union 1800|second Act of Union]] to unite the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] (both ruled by him) into the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], effective on January 1, 1801.<ref>{{cite book|first=John O'Beirne|last=Ranelagh|title=A Short History of Ireland|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2012|page=102}}</ref>
* [[August 30]] &ndash; The plot by African-American blacksmith and slave [[Gabriel Prosser]] to seize [[Richmond, Virginia]], and guide a slave uprising, is thwarted by a massive downpour on the evening that it is set to begin; two other slaves have revealed Prosser's plans to authorities, who have prepared to follow him to the rendezvous point and arrest the conspirators, so that "neither the geographical extent of the plot nor the number of insurgents in the conspiracy was revealed";<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael L.|last=Nicholls|title=Whispers of Rebellion: Narrating Gabriel's Conspiracy|publisher=University of Virginia Press|year=2012}}</ref> eventually, 25 slaves, including Prosser, will be captured, tried and hanged.
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Siege of Malta (1798–1800)]]: The French garrison in [[Valletta]] surrenders to British troops, who had been called at the invitation of the [[Maltese people|Maltese]]. The islands of [[Malta (island)|Malta]] and [[Gozo]] become the [[Malta Protectorate]].
* [[September 30]] &ndash; The [[Convention of 1800]], or Treaty of Mortefontaine, is signed between France and the United States of America, ending the [[Quasi-War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/fr1800.asp|title=France - Convention of 1800: Text of the Treaty|work=The Avalon Project|publisher=Yale Law School|access-date=October 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001112546/http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/fr1800.asp|archive-date=October 1, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>