Historical Events In 1804

Mar 04   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 in the year 1804.  

Mar 07   John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 14   In the year 1804 johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)  

Mar 14   The birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer in the year 1804.  

Mar 16   Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Mar 17   James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance on this day in history.  

Mar 17   In the year 1804 johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell", premieres  

Mar 17   Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres on this day in history.  

Mar 20   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 20   In the year 1804 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47  

Mar 20   On this day in history neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897  

Mar 21   In the year 1804 after four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code."  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 in the year 1804.  

Mar 29   On this day in history thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines.  

Mar 29   Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti in the year 1804.  

Mar 30   On this day in history salomon Sulzer, composer  

Apr 02   On this day in history forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.  

Apr 04   Joseph Fischhof, composer on this day in history.  

Apr 05   High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil in the year 1804.  

Apr 09   Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies in the year 1804.  

Apr 22   Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola in the year 1804.  

Apr 23   Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) in the year 1804.  

Apr 24   On this day in history thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)  

Apr 28   31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony in the year 1804.  

Apr 28   On this day in history hans Gram, composer, dies at 49  

Apr 30   On this day in history hague's Theater opens  

May 05   In the year 1804 jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)  

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

May 06   Suriname sold to English (until February 1816) in the year 1804.  

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

May 14   In the year 1804 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   Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   John Park, composer was born in the year 1804.  

Jan 16   Karl August Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) was born in the year 1804.  

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

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

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

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

Jan 15   On this day in history death of dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)  

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

Feb 06   On this day in history joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70  

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

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

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

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