In history, year 1804 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 1804.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1804:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 16 february | United States Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli, denying her use to the Barbary States in the First Barbary War. |
| 21 february | Built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam locomotive first ran in Wales. |
| 14 may | The Lewis and Clark Expedition led by explorers MeriwetherLewis and William Clark left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford,Illinois, and began the first American overland expedition to thePacific coast and back. |
| 11 july | U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former U.S.Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a duel in Weehawken, NewJersey. |
| 01 september | German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding discovered one of thelargest main belt asteroids, naming it Juno after the Roman goddess. |
| 02 december | The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of France was held at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. |
| 18 May | Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor of France. |
| 30 November | French inventor Joseph Coneo died at the age of 79. He is called the father of the car. |
| 02 December | Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned as Emperor of France. |
| 12 February | Emanuel Kant, eminent philosopher and thinker of Germany, died at the age of 80. |
| 01 January | Haiti gained independence from France and became the first black republic, which led to the only successful slave revolt. |
| 15 February | New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery. |
| 21 March | The Napoleonic Code was adopted as French civil law. |
| 26 April | Henry Eddington Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 18 May | Napoleon Bonaparte was declared Emperor of the French by the French Senate. |
| 15 June | The 12th Amendment was ratified in the US Constitution, which deals with the regulation of judicial power. |
| 11 July | Alexander Hamilton was shot during a duel with Aaron Burr and died the next day. |
| 11 August | Francis II assumed the title of first emperor of Austria. |
| 01 September | German astronomer K.L. Harding discovers Asteroid Juno. |
| 02 October | Britain united to defend against the French invasion. |
| 03 November | The Treaty of St. Louis was signed by Quashquam and William Henry Harrison, the controversy surrounding the treaty eventually caused the Sahab people to cooperate with the British Empire during the War of 1812 and is the main cause of the Black Hawk War of 1832. |
| 12 December | Spain declared war on the United Kingdom. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1804:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 June | Mikhail Glinka / Composer / Russia |
| 03 October | Allan Kardec / Author / France |
| 04 July | Nathaniel Hawthorne / Writer / United States of America |
| 10 July | Emma Smith / Religious Leader / United States of America |
| 10 June | Hermann Schlegel / Ornithologist / Germany |
| 12 May | Robert Baldwin / Politician / Canada |
| 13 December | Joseph Howe / Politician / Canada |
| 13 November | Theophilus H. Holmes / General / United States of America |
| 13 January | Paul Gavarni / Illustrator / France |
| 14 March | Johann Strauss I / Composer / Austria |
| 16 February | Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold / Zoologist / Germany |
| 16 May | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody / Educator / United States of America |
| 17 March | Jim Bridger / Explorer / United States of America |
| 19 February | Carl von Rokitansky / Physician / Germany |
| 21 December | Benjamin Disraeli / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 23 November | Franklin Pierce / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 26 March | David Humphreys Storer / Physician / United States of America |
| 27 November | Julius Benedict / Composer / United Kingdom |
| 28 July | Ludwig Feuerbach / Philosopher / Germany |
| 28 October | Pierre François Verhulst / Mathematician / Belgium |
