Notable Historical Events - 1803
1803 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
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 11 |
Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La |
Feb 4 |
William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature" |
Feb 14 |
Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn |
Feb 14 |
Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void. |
Feb 19 |
Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 |
Feb 24 |
Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) |
Feb 25 |
1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states |
Feb 27 |
Great fire in Bombay, India |
Mar 1 |
Ohio becomes 17th state |
Mar 3 |
1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins |
Mar 3 |
Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello. |
Mar 19 |
Friedrich Schiller's "Die Braut von Messina" premieres in Weimar |
Apr 1 |
French law rules the use of intention |
Apr 5 |
1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D |
Apr 26 |
Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France |
Apr 30 |
US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million) |
May 16 |
Peace of Amiens ends |
May 17 |
John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine |
May 18 |
Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland |
May 22 |
1st public library opens (Connecticut) |
Jul 4 |
The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. |
Jul 5 |
The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king). |
Jul 23 |
Robert Emmett leads rebellion in Dublin |
Jul 26 |
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London. |
Aug 9 |
1st horses arrive in Hawaii |
Aug 9 |
Robert Fulton tests his steam paddle-boat on the River Seine, France |
Sep 23 |
Battle of Assaye: British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army |
Oct 20 |
US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase |
Oct 21 |
English scientist John Dalton reads his paper on the absorption of gases to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Soc - 1st outline of his atomic theory |
Oct 23 |
English physicist John Dalton reads his essay on the absorption of gases by water and presents a series of atomic weights for 21 simple and compound elements at a meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society |
Nov 18 |
Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French |
Nov 29 |
Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent |
Nov 30 |
Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France |
Dec 20 |
French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M |
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