Page 2: Historical Events In 1804

Mar 04   In the year 1804 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.   

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

Mar 14   Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March) on this day in history.   

Mar 14   The birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

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

Mar 17   James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance in the year 1804.   

Mar 17   Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell", premieres on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 20   On this day in history neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

Mar 21   After four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code." in the year 1804.   

Mar 21   In the year 1804 french civil Code of Napoleon adopted   

Mar 26   In the year 1804 congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana   

Mar 26   Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase in the year 1804.   

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

Mar 30   In the year 1804 salomon Sulzer, composer   

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

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   Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies in the year 1804.   

Apr 22   On this day in history gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola   

Apr 23   Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) in the year 1804.   

Apr 28   31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Hague's Theater opens in the year 1804.   

May 05   In the year 1804 jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

May 06   In the year 1804 suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816)   

May 06   Suriname sold to English (until February 1816) in the year 1804.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1804.   

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

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

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   Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1804.   

Feb 02   In the year 1804 caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62   

Feb 06   In the year 1804 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   In the year 1804 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63   

Mar 04   Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies in the year 1804.   

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