Historical Events In 1804

Jan 01   In the year 1804 haiti gains independence from France (National Day)   

Jan 01   On this day in history jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti from France   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history hippolyte Monpou, composer   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1804 karl August Krebs, composer   

Jan 30   Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River in the year 1804.   

Jan 31   In the year 1804 british Vice-Admiral William Bligh's fleet reaches Curaçao   

Jan 31   In the year 1804 british vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao   

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

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

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

Feb 05   Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet in the year 1804.   

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

Feb 06   In the year 1804 ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler   

Feb 07   John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements on this day in history.   

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   New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery on this day in history.   

Feb 16   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." on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it   

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

Feb 18   On this day in history 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered   

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

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

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

Feb 23   Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII on this day in history.   

Feb 24   London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute in the year 1804.   

Feb 25   Jefferson nominated for President at Democratic-Republican caucus in the year 1804.   

Feb 26   In the year 1804 vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

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

Mar 04   Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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Jan 12   On this day in history birth of hippolyte Monpou, composer   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of john Park, composer   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 15   Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725) died in the year 1804.   

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   In the year 1804 immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79   

Mar 01   Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1804.   

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

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