The Library of Congress, also known as the U.S. National Library, was founded in Washington D.C. in the year 1800. It was created for for the use and benefit of the members of Congress. It is the U.S.'s oldest federal cultural institution and also the largest library in the world. 

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1800

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Timeline of the Nineteenth-Century
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