Today in History for Year 1803

Months in Year 1803: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 33 of 33

Jan 1st - Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
Jan 11th - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
Feb 4th - William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"
Feb 14th - Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn
Feb 14th - Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void.
Feb 19th - Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
Feb 24th - Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
Feb 25th - 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states
Feb 27th - Great fire in Bombay, India
Mar 1st - Ohio becomes 17th state
Mar 3rd - 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
Mar 3rd - Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
Mar 19th - Friedrich Schiller's "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar
Apr 1st - French law rules the use of intention
Apr 5th - 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
Apr 26th - Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
Apr 30th - US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
May 16th - Peace of Amiens ends
May 17th - John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte May 18th - Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
May 22nd - 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
Jul 4th - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
Jul 5th - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
Jul 23rd - Robert Emmett leads rebellion in Dublin
Jul 26th - The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
Aug 9th - 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
Sep 3rd - English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
Sep 23rd - Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army
Oct 20th - US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase
Nov 18th - Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
Nov 29th - Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
Nov 30th - Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
Dec 20th - Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 69 of 69

Jan 2nd - Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector
Jan 3rd - Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)
Jan 6th - Henri Herz, composer
Jan 9th - Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888
Jan 15th - Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
Jan 29th - James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general
Feb 2nd - Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862
Feb 15th - John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)
Feb 20th - Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
Mar 22nd - Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer
Apr 2nd - Franz Paul Lachner, composer
Apr 7th - Flora Tristan, writer
Apr 7th - James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
Apr 14th - Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter
Apr 18th - Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
Apr 21st - Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
Apr 23rd - Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
Apr 27th - Alfred Julius Becher, composer
Apr 30th - Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
May 7th - Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
May 8th - Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
May 12th - Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)
May 17th - Robert Smith Surtees, novelist
May 24th - Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano
May 24th - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
May 25th - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
Jun 1st - Mikhail I Glinka, Russian composer [OS=May 20]
Jun 4th - Gabriel James Rains, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
Jun 10th - Henry Darcy, French scientist (d. 1858)
Jun 24th - George James Webb, composer
Jun 29th - John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
Jun 30th - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet
Jul 12th - Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)
Jul 20th - Jakob Zeugheer, composer
Jul 23rd - Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer
Jul 24th - Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)
Jul 31st - John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor
Aug 13th - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
Aug 15th - James Douglas, father of British Columbia
Aug 18th - Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
Aug 25th - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader
Aug 27th - Edward Beecher, American theologian (d. 1895)
Sep 1st - Jacobus T Abels, Dutch painter
Sep 3rd - Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer
Sep 3rd - Prudence Crandall, founder (School for "young ladies of colour")
Sep 4th - Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady (1845-1849)
Sep 12th - Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer
Sep 19th - Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1884)
Sep 27th - Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1865
Sep 28th - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
Sep 29th - Charles-Francois Sturm, French mathematician (Sturm's Theorem)
Sep 29th - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
Oct 3rd - John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)
Oct 6th - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
Oct 11th - Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen)
Oct 21st - George Wright, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1865
Oct 25th - Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poetess (Daisies)
Nov 14th - Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
Nov 18th - Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet
Physicist Christian Doppler (Nov 29th) Nov 29th - Christian Doppler, Salzburg, Austria, physicist (Doppler effect), (d. 1853)
Nov 29th - Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
Dec 4th - Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
Dec 5th - Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873)
Dec 7th - Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)
Dec 11th - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
Dec 15th - August Freyer, composer
Dec 18th - William Allen, (Rep/Gov-Oh)
Dec 22nd - Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862
Dec 27th - John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament (1848-75)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 40 of 40

Jan 2nd - Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69
Jan 18th - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743)
Jan 23rd - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)
Jan 26th - Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
Feb 3rd - Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79
Feb 9th - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
Feb 16th - Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
Feb 18th - J W L Gleim, writer, dies
Feb 20th - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)
Feb 21st - Edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England
Mar 13th - William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)
Mar 14th - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78
Mar 17th - Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
Mar 29th - Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)
Apr 2nd - Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
Apr 7th - [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies
Jun 8th - Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80
Jun 22nd - Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies
Jun 24th - Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88
Jul 5th - William Jackson, composer, dies at 73
Jul 14th - Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies
Jul 23rd - Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered
Aug 18th - James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
Aug 28th - Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies
Sep 5th - Francois Devienne, composer, dies at 44
Sep 9th - Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer, dies at 32
Sep 13th - John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies
Sep 15th - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719)
Sep 16th - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (b. 1754)
Sep 17th - Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies
Sep 20th - Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
Sep 30th - Charles Broche, composer, dies at 51
Oct 2nd - Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
Oct 8th - Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54
Oct 26th - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721)
Nov 3rd - Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75
Nov 5th - Ch de Laclos, writer, dies
Nov 22nd - Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar/patriot, dies at 57
Nov 23rd - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719)
Dec 18th - Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59