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

Mar 14   On this day in history johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)  

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

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

Mar 17   In the year 1804 james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance  

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

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   Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1804.  

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

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   In the year 1804 territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase  

Mar 28   On this day in history ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 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   In the year 1804 thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti  

Mar 30   On this day in history salomon Sulzer, composer  

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

Apr 04   Joseph Fischhof, composer in the year 1804.  

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

Apr 09   On this day in history jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies  

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

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

May 12   On this day in history robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)  

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   On this day in history birth of paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)  

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

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

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)  

Jan 21   Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887) was born in the year 1804.  

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

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   In the year 1804 caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62  

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies