Historical Events In 1804

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

Jan 01   Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti from France on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   On this day in history leopold Eugen Mechura, composer   

Feb 05   On this day in history johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet   

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

Feb 06   Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1804.   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1804 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered   

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

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 in the year 1804.   

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

Feb 25   Jefferson nominated for President at Democratic-Republican caucus on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1804.   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1804 birth of karl August Krebs, composer   

Jan 20   In the year 1804 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   On this day in history birth of leopold Eugen Mechura, composer   

Jan 04   Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies in the year 1804.   

Jan 15   In the year 1804 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   Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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   

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