Historical Events In 1804

Mar 04   On this day in history the Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland’s Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony’s only significant convict uprising.  

Mar 07   On this day in history john Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies  

Mar 14   Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March) in the year 1804.  

Mar 14   In the year 1804 the birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer  

Mar 16   On this day in history francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75  

Mar 17   James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance in the year 1804.  

Mar 17   On this day in history johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell", premieres  

Mar 17   Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres in the year 1804.  

Mar 20   On this day in history a royalist conspiracy against France's first consul Napoleon Bonaparte comes to light in February One conspirator, Gen Jean Victor Moreau, 41, escapes to America, but the duc d'Enghien Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon Condé, 32, is seized in Baden, condemned by a commission acting under Bonaparte's orders without regard to law, and shot at Vincennes the night of March 20  

Mar 20   Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Mar 20   Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   After four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code." on this day in history.  

Mar 21   On this day in history french civil Code of Napoleon adopted  

Mar 26   On this day in history congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana  

Mar 26   Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase in the year 1804.  

Mar 28   Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   Thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the year 1804.  

Mar 29   Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti on this day in history.  

Mar 30   Salomon Sulzer, composer in the year 1804.  

Apr 02   Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal in the year 1804.  

Apr 04   On this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer  

Apr 05   High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil on this day in history.  

Apr 09   In the year 1804 jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies  

Apr 22   In the year 1804 gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola  

Apr 23   In the year 1804 guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)  

Apr 24   Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on this day in history.  

Apr 28   31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony on this day in history.  

Apr 28   In the year 1804 hans Gram, composer, dies at 49  

Apr 30   Hague's Theater opens in the year 1804.  

May 05   On this day in history jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)  

May 06   Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816) on this day in history.  

May 06   In the year 1804 suriname sold to English (until February 1816)  

May 12   Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) in the year 1804.  

May 14   On this day in history lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast  

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Jan 12   Hippolyte Monpou, composer was born in the year 1804.  

Jan 13   In the year 1804 birth of paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)  

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   In the year 1804 birth of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)  

Jan 31   In the year 1804 birth of jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic  

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

Jan 04   Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02   Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1804 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70  

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

Mar 01   Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1804 karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies  

Mar 07   In the year 1804 john Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies