Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1804. This year saw 36 significant events. 3 notable figures were born. 3 notable figures passed away.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines declares Saint-Domingue (Haiti) independent from France, ending the 13-year-long Haitian Revolution; becoming the only state ever founded by formerly enslaved people and without slavery
World’s first steam locomotive, built by Richard Trevithick, runs for the first time along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Economist Thomas Malthus (38) weds Harriet Eckersall in Bath, Somerset
The Napoleonic Code (French: Code Napoléon), officially the Civil Code of the French (French: Code civil des Français; simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during…
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition sets out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson
Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr, near Weehaken, New Jersey
Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804 (11 Frimaire, Year XIII according to the French Republican calendar, commonly used at the time in France), at Notre-Dame de Paris in...
Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
Scottish explorer Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested, and exiled to the United States
New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
US Navy Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after it is seized by pirates
Ohio legislature approves establishment of Ohio University at Athens as the 1st university in Ohio; first classes are held in 1809
London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute
Charles Pichegru, French army general and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested
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.
Georges Cadoudal, Breton royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian.
Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
Ohio passes law restricting movement of Blacks
Thousands of white people are massacred in Haiti
Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil
31 British ships sail up the Suriname River, demanding the transfer of the colony from the Dutch
The New Hague Theater opens in The Hague, Netherlands
Suriname sold to Great Britain (until Feb 1816)
Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, ratified in Congress
The emperor of Austria (German: Kaiser von Österreich, Latin: Imperator Austriae) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Alicia Thornton becomes the first female jockey in England, riding at Knavesmire in Yorkshire
Juno (minor-planet designation: 3 Juno) is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt. Juno was the third asteroid discovered, in 1804, by German astronomer Karl Harding.
Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, becomes effective
Britain mobilizes to protect against French invasion
Hobart (Southeast Tasmanian: Nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
Pulver Purim is first celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape of Rabbi Abraham Danzig from a gunpowder explosion in Vilna
The Senate begins preparations for an impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase
George Childress revolutionary, known for american revolutionary, was born on 1804-01-08.
John Deere is born
Benjamin Disraeli is born
Joseph Priestley, English chemist and polymath, known for english chemist and polymath, died on 1804-02-06.
Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, known for german philosopher, died on 1804-02-12. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher.
Jacques Necker, French statesman, known for french statesman, died on 1804-04-09. Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines declares Saint-Domingue (Haiti) independent from France, ending the 13-year-long Haitian Revolution; becoming the only state ever founded by formerly enslaved people and without slavery
World’s first steam locomotive, built by Richard Trevithick, runs for the first time along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Economist Thomas Malthus (38) weds Harriet Eckersall in Bath, Somerset
The Napoleonic Code (French: Code Napoléon), officially the Civil Code of the French (French: Code civil des Français; simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during…
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition sets out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson
Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr, near Weehaken, New Jersey
Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804 (11 Frimaire, Year XIII according to the French Republican calendar, commonly used at the time in France), at Notre-Dame de Paris in...
Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
Scottish explorer Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested, and exiled to the United States
New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
US Navy Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after it is seized by pirates
Ohio legislature approves establishment of Ohio University at Athens as the 1st university in Ohio; first classes are held in 1809
London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute
Charles Pichegru, French army general and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested
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.
Georges Cadoudal, Breton royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian.
Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
Ohio passes law restricting movement of Blacks
Thousands of white people are massacred in Haiti
Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil
31 British ships sail up the Suriname River, demanding the transfer of the colony from the Dutch
The New Hague Theater opens in The Hague, Netherlands
Suriname sold to Great Britain (until Feb 1816)
Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, ratified in Congress
The emperor of Austria (German: Kaiser von Österreich, Latin: Imperator Austriae) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Alicia Thornton becomes the first female jockey in England, riding at Knavesmire in Yorkshire
Juno (minor-planet designation: 3 Juno) is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt. Juno was the third asteroid discovered, in 1804, by German astronomer Karl Harding.
Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, becomes effective
Britain mobilizes to protect against French invasion
Hobart (Southeast Tasmanian: Nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
Pulver Purim is first celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape of Rabbi Abraham Danzig from a gunpowder explosion in Vilna
The Senate begins preparations for an impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase
Joseph Priestley, English chemist and polymath, known for english chemist and polymath, died on 1804-02-06.
Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, known for german philosopher, died on 1804-02-12. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher.
Jacques Necker, French statesman, known for french statesman, died on 1804-04-09. Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI.