History of 1803
During the year of 1803 the following events have happened in our world's history.
January 01, 1803 - Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the T+?y S?n Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Hu?, Vietnam.
January 11, 1803 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
February 04, 1803 - William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"
February 14, 1803 - Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn
February 14, 1803 - Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void.
February 19, 1803 - Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
February 24, 1803 - Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
February 25, 1803 - 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states
February 27, 1803 - Great fire in Bombay, India
March 01, 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state
March 03, 1803 - 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
March 03, 1803 - Col+?gio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
March 19, 1803 - Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar
April 01, 1803 - French law rules the use of intention
April 05, 1803 - 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
April 26, 1803 - Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
April 30, 1803 - US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
April 30, 1803 - US more than doubles its size thru the Louisiana Purchase.
May 16, 1803 - Peace of Amiens ends
May 17, 1803 - John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine
May 18, 1803 - Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
May 22, 1803 - 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
July 04, 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
July 05, 1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
July 23, 1803 - Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin
July 23, 1803 - Robert Emmett's insurrection in Dublin.
July 26, 1803 - The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
August 09, 1803 - 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
September 03, 1803 - English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
September 23, 1803 - Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army
October 20, 1803 - Senate ratifies La Purchase.
October 20, 1803 - US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase
November 18, 1803 - Battle of Vertieres in which Haitians defeat French
December 20, 1803 - Louisiana Purchase was formally transferred from France to US