Page 2: Historical Events In 1804

Mar 04   On this day in history 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   John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies in the year 1804.   

Mar 14   In the year 1804 johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)   

Mar 14   In the year 1804 the birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer   

Mar 16   Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 in the year 1804.   

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

Mar 17   In the year 1804 johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell", premieres   

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

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 in the year 1804.   

Mar 20   In the year 1804 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47   

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   On this day in history territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase   

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   On this day in history salomon Sulzer, composer   

Apr 02   Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1804 joseph Fischhof, composer   

Apr 05   High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil in the year 1804.   

Apr 09   Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 22   Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola on this day in history.   

Apr 23   Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) in the year 1804.   

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

Apr 28   In the year 1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony   

Apr 28   In the year 1804 hans Gram, composer, dies at 49   

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

May 05   Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1804 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1804 birth of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)   

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)   

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

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

Feb 12   Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 07   John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies on this day in history.