1804
1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
Events January 1 - End of French rule in Haiti February 14 - First Serbian Uprising began. February 15 - New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery February 16 - First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate Philadelphia. February 21 - The first self-propelling steam engine or steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren ironworks in Wales. Designed by Richard Trevithick, a Cornishman. March 7 - John Wedgwood founds The Royal Horticultural Society March 10 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States. March 20 - Execution of the Duc d’Enghien for plotting against Napoleon March 21 - Code Napoleon adopted as French civil law April 26 - Henry Addington resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom May 10 - William Pitt the younger begins his second term as a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom May 14 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River. May 18 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. June 15 - The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified by New Hampshire, and arguably becomes effective (subsequently vetoed by the Governor of New Hampshire)July 27 - The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified by Tennessee, removing doubt surrounding adoption.August 20 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The "Corps of Discovery", whose purpose is to explore the Louisiana Purchase, suffers it first and last death when Sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis. September 1 - German astronomer K. L. Harding discovers the asteroid Juno Thomas Jefferson defeats Charles C. Pinckney in U.S. presidential election November 30 - The Jeffersonian Republican-controlled United States Senate begin an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase (he was charged with political bias but was acquitted by the Senate of all charges on March 1, 1805). December 2 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself as the first Emperor of France in a thousand years (the Napoleonic Code is adopted). December 12 - Spain declares war on Britain
Unknown datePère Lachaise Cemetery a 118 acre (0.5 km²) cemetery in Paris, France is founded. Nicolas-François Appert (1750-1841) develops a method to preserve food by means of canning.
Ongoing events Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)
BirthsJanuary 1 - James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (d. 1836)January 20 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)January 21 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)February 7 - John Deere, American industrialist (d. 1886)March 14 - Johann Strauss Senior, Austrian composer (d. 1849)March 17 - Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (d. 1881)June 1 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)June 24 - Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)July 1 - George Sand (Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin), French writer (d. 1876)July 4 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)July 28 - Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)September 8 - Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)September 27 - Anna McNeill Whistler, Whistler's mother (d. 1881)November 23 - Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States (d. 1869)December 21 - Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister (d. 1881)
DeathsJanuary 4 - Charlotte Ramsey Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1727)February 6 - Joseph Priestley, English chemist (b. 1733)February 12 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)March 21 - Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien (executed) (b. 1772)April 9 - Jacques Necker, French statesman (b. 1732)July 12 - Alexander Hamilton, American statesmanSeptember 4 - Richard Somers, American naval officer
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