1804 Calendar
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1804 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1804
– French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States
February 14, 1804
– Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
February 15, 1804
– The Serbian revolution begins.
February 21, 1804
– The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
March 10, 1804
– Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
April 5, 1804
– High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
April 25, 1804
– The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepts the suzerainty of the Russian Empire
May 18, 1804
– Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
July 12, 1804
– Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
September 25, 1804
– The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
Who Were Born On 1804?
March 14, 1804
– Johann Strauss, Senior, Austrian composer (d. 1849)
June 24, 1804
– Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
July 10, 1804
– Emma Hale Smith Bidamon, American religious figure (d. 1879)
July 28, 1804
– Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)
October 3, 1804
– Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
October 28, 1804
– Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849)
November 18, 1804
– Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
November 23, 1804
– Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
December 13, 1804
– Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873)
December 23, 1804
– Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869)