Historical Events In 1804

Jan 01   Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) in the year 1804.  

Jan 01   Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti from France on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies  

Jan 05   Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement in the year 1804.  

Jan 05   In the year 1804 ohio legislature passes first laws restricting free blacks movement  

Jan 12   Hippolyte Monpou, composer in the year 1804.  

Jan 14   On this day in history john Park, composer  

Jan 16   On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer  

Jan 30   On this day in history mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River  

Jan 31   British Vice-Admiral William Bligh's fleet reaches Curaçao on this day in history.  

Jan 31   British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao on this day in history.  

Jan 31   Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic on this day in history.  

Feb 02   Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62 in the year 1804.  

Feb 02   Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer in the year 1804.  

Feb 05   In the year 1804 johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet  

Feb 06   Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1804 john Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements  

Feb 12   On this day in history immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79  

Feb 14   On this day in history karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.  

Feb 15   In the year 1804 new Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery  

Feb 16   In the year 1804 lieutenant Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise, enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur's raid succeeds without American losses. England's Lord Nelson calls this "the most daring act of the age."  

Feb 16   Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it in the year 1804.  

Feb 17   Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 in the year 1804.  

Feb 18   1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered in the year 1804.  

Feb 21   On this day in history 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales  

Feb 21   First locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for first time, in Wales in the year 1804.  

Feb 21   On this day in history the first ever steam train to run on rails is demonstrated by Richard Trevithick  

Feb 23   In the year 1804 conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII  

Feb 24   London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Jefferson nominated for President at Democratic-Republican caucus on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad in the year 1804.  

Mar 01   In the year 1804 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63  

Mar 04   Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies in the year 1804.  

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Jan 12   In the year 1804 birth of hippolyte Monpou, composer  

Jan 13   Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1804.  

Jan 14   John Park, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Karl August Krebs, composer was born in the year 1804.  

Jan 20   In the year 1804 birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)  

Jan 21   Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history birth of jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic  

Feb 02   In the year 1804 birth of leopold Eugen Mechura, composer  

Jan 04   On this day in history charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies  

Jan 15   In the year 1804 death of dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)  

Feb 02   On this day in history caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62  

Feb 06   Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63  

Mar 04   On this day in history karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies  

Mar 07   John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies in the year 1804.