Page 3: Historical Events In 1804

May 14   The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory begins its ascent of the Missouri River May 14 seeking to determine whether the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean are linked by a river system.   

May 16   Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)   

May 16   Napoleon declared Emperor of France   

May 16   Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France.   

May 17   Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase   

May 17   Lewis and Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase   

May 17   Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)   

May 18   Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the French Senate   

May 18   Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France   

May 21   Lewis and Clark Expedition begins.   

May 22   John William (Turk) Livingston, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885.   

May 24   Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73.   

May 31   Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer   

Jun 01   Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa).   

Jun 03   Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35   

Jun 03   Richard Cobden, West Sussex, founder (Anti-Corn-Law League).   

Jun 06   Petter Conrad Boman, composer   

Jun 08   Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician (RC).   

Jun 15   12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president   

Jun 16   Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75.   

Jun 24   Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist.   

Jul 01   George Sand, France, (female) novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro).   

Jul 04   Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader   

Jul 04   Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author is born   

Jul 11   Alex Hamilton killed by VP Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken   

Jul 11   American VP Aaron Burr results in the deaths of US treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton during a duel.   

Jul 11   Former U S Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton is mortally wounded at age 49 in a duel at Weehawken, N J with Vice President Aaron Burr, now 48, who has heard of insults directed at him by Hamilton and demanded satisfaction   

Jul 11   Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel   

Jul 11   VP Aaron Burr results in the deaths of Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken.   

Jul 12   Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken.   

Jul 12   Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel   

Jul 14   Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general.   

Jul 17   Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80.   

Jul 20   Richard Owen, British zoologist   

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Jan 12   Hippolyte monpou: Composer   

Jan 13   Paul gavarni: French caricaturist    

Jan 14   John park: Composer   

Jan 16   Karl august krebs: Composer   

Jan 20   Eugène sue: French novelist    

Jan 21   Eliza roxcy snow: American poet   

Jan 31   Jozsef bajza: Hungarian author/poet/critic   

Feb 02   Leopold eugen mechura: Composer   

Jan 04   Charlotte lennox: English novelist (the female quixote),    

Jan 15   Dru drury: English entomologist (b. 1725)   

Feb 02   Caesar rodney: Us judge (signed declar of independence),   

Feb 06   Joseph priestley: Engl/us theologist/philosopher/chemist,   

Feb 12   Immanuel kant: German philosopher (zum ewigen frieden),   

Mar 01   Wolfgang nicolaus haueisen: Composer,    

Mar 04   Karl leopold rollig: Composer,    

Mar 07   John wedgwood: Founder (royal horticulture society),