Historical Events In 1804

Jan 01   Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1804 charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies   

Jan 05   Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Ohio legislature passes first laws restricting free blacks movement on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1804 hippolyte Monpou, composer   

Jan 14   In the year 1804 john Park, composer   

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

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   On this day in history jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history leopold Eugen Mechura, composer   

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

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

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1804 birth of john Park, composer   

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

Jan 20   Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of leopold Eugen Mechura, composer   

Jan 04   In the year 1804 charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies   

Jan 15   Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725) died on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1804.   

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

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

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