In history, year 1803 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1803.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1803 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 24 february | The U.S. Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, declared an actof Congress unconstitutional for the first time, forming the basis ofjudicial review in the U.S. |
| 30 april | The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 78 million francs, or less than US$0.03 per acre. |
| 23 september | Maratha troops were beaten by British forces at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 14 September | British general Lord Lake captured Delhi during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 23 September | The British East India Company defeated the Maratha army in the Battle of Assay. |
| 30 December | The East India Company of Britain controlled Delhi, Agra and Bharuch. |
| 01 January | The first edition of Alexander Balthazar Laurent Grimod de la Reniere's Almanach des Gourmand was published in Paris, the first guide to restaurant cooking. |
| 24 February | Moberry v. Madison: The Supreme Court of the United States established the doctrine of judicial review. |
| 01 March | Ohio was accepted as the 17th state of the United States. |
| 30 April | Louisiana Purchase Made by the United States from France. |
| 18 May | Great Britain started a war on France, after which France was not allowed to withdraw from Dutch territory, which led to the war with Napoleon. |
| 26 July | Due to the first public railway line in England, the Wagonway opened between Wandsworth and Croydon. |
| 03 August | Second Anglo-Maratha War started against Scindia of British Gwalior. |
| 20 September | The Irish rebel Robert Emmett was executed. |
| 23 September | Battle of Asaar India): The British led party defeated the Maratha army. |
| 20 October | The US Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, repeating the size of the United States. |
| 18 November | Battle of Verteres: Haiti forces defeated Napoleon's army led by Jean-Jacques Desalines. |
| 20 December | French flag The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase in New Orleans from France to the US for $ 27m. Happened in |
Famous birthdays in the year 1803:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 January | Edward Dickinson / Politician / United States of America |
| 03 September | Prudence Crandall / Educator / United States of America |
| 05 October | Friedrich Bernhard Westphal / Painter / Denmark |
| 06 January | Henri Herz / Pianist / Austria |
| 06 October | Heinrich Wilhelm Dove / Physicist / Germany |
| 11 October | Gregor von Helmersen / General / Estonia |
| 11 December | Hector Berlioz / Composer / France |
| 12 May | Justus von Liebig / Academic / Germany |
| 18 August | Nathan Clifford / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 21 December | Achille Vianelli / Academic / Italy |
| 24 March | Egerton Ryerson / Educator / Canada |
| 26 October | Joseph Hansom / Publisher / United Kingdom |
| 27 August | Edward Beecher / Politician / United States of America |
| 27 December | François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier / Activist / Canada |
| 28 September | Prosper Mérimée / Historian / France |
| 29 September | Jacques Charles François Sturm / Mathematician / France |
| 29 November | Gottfried Semper / Academic / Germany |
| 29 September | Mercator Cooper / Captain / United States of America |
| 29 June | John Newton Brown / Author / United States of America |
| 31 July | John Ericsson / Engineer / United States of America |