In the year 1804, Haiti gains independence from France (Jan 1), New Jersey becomes the last of the northern United States to abolish slavery (Feb 15), Louisiana, purchased from France, is officially transferred to the United States (Mar 10), Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French at the age of 34 (May 18), a duel between U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton leaves the latter dead the next day (Jul 11), Napoleon crowns himself at Notre Dame in Paris (Dec 2), morphine is first isolated from the opium poppy, world population reaches 1 billion people - and all these fine people were born:
1804-xxxx William Freret* British-Creole engineer/merchant/Mayor of New Orleans - New Orleans, Territory of Louisiana (1864/60)
1804-01xx Jonah Pi’ikoi* Hawaiian high chief - Waimea, Kauai, Kingdom of Hawaii (1859/55) 1804-0101 James Fannin* slave-trader/Texas revolutionary - Georgia, US (1836/32) 1804-0103 Gabriel Geitlin* theologian/ linguist - Naantali, Sweden-Finland (1871/67) 1804-0104 Matti Jaakonpoika Luoma** (Renko) father of Juho Matinpoika Luoma - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (unknown) 1804-0110 1804-0114 Susanna Elisabeth Johansdotter Långholm** (b Smeds) mother of Lena Antintytär Hakoniemi - Socklot, Smeds, Uusikarlepyy, Sweden-Finland (1880/76) 1804-0116 Henrik Cajander* physician/took the first known photograph in Finland - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1848/44) 1804-0120 Eugène Sue* novelist - Paris, French First Republic (1857/53) 1804-0131
1804-0205 **Johan Ludvig Runeberg* **poet - Jakobstad, Finland/Sweden (1877/73) 1804-0207 John Deere* blacksmith/inventor/ founder of _Deere & Compan_y - Rutland, VT USA (1886/82) 1804-0220 1804-0229 Carl von Rokitansky* Austrian physician/pathologist/founder of science-based diagnostics - Hradec Králové, Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy (1878/74)
1804-0301 1804-0308 Alvan Clark* astronomer/ telescope maker - Ashfield, MA USA(1887/83) 1804-0312 Abraham Engblom* priest/ translator of religious text - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1865/61) 1804-0314 Johann Strauss Sr.* composer - Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria (1849/45) 1804-0317 Antti Särkelä* watchmaker - Himanka, Sweden-Finland (1873/69) 1804-0320 1804-0331 Josiah C. Nott* surgeon/ anthropologist/racial theorist - South Carolina, USA (1873/69) 1804-0403 Lucien Baudens* military surgeon - Aire-sur-la-Lys, French First Republic (1857/53) 1804-0410 1804-0417 Jean Wik* architect - Koivulahti, Sweden-Finland (1876/72) 1804-0423 Marie Taglioni* ballet dancer/w Italian father - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1884/79) 1804-0430 1804-0501 1804-0504 Margaretta Riley* (b Hopper) botanist/the first British female pteridologist - Castle Gate, Nottingham, England (1899/95) 1804-0507 Alfred Moquin-Tandon* ornithologist/ botanist - Montpellier, French First Republic (1863/58) 1804-0513 Aleksey Khomyakov* theologian/ philosopher/amateur artist - Moscow, Russian Empire (1860/56) 1804-0531 1804-0601 Mikhail Glinka* composer - Novospasskoye, Russian Empire (1857/52) 1804-0603 Richard Cobden* manufacturer/ politician/campaigner for free trade - Dunford, Sussex, England (1865/60) 1804-0606 1804-0610 Hermann Schlegel* German ornithologist/ herpetologist/ ichthyologist - Attenburg, Holy Roman Empire (1884/79) 1804-0624 Willard Richards* early Mormon leader - Hopkinton, MA USA (1854/49) 1804-0630 Myra Clark Gaines* socialite/ plaintiff in the longest-running lawsuit in the history of the United States court system - New Orleans, Louisiana (1885/80) 1804-0701 George Sand* (b Amantine Dupin) novelist/ memoirist/socialist - Paris, First French Empire (1876/71) 1804-0704 Nathaniel Hawthorne* novelist/ dark romantic - Salem, MA USA (1864/59) 1804-0710 1804-0715 1804-0720 Richard Owen* biologist/anatomist/paleontologist - Lancaster, England (1892/88) 1804-0728 Ludwig Feuerbach* German anthropologist/philosopher - Landshut, Electorate of Bavaria (1872/68) 1804-0731 1804-0804 John C. Bennett* physician/ influential Mormon leader - Fairhaven, MA USA (1867/63) 1804-0810 1804-0825 Joseph Fahrbach* musician - Vienna, Archduchy of Austria (1883/) 1804-0831 1804-0901 Eduard Mörike* Lutheran pastor/ poet/novelist - Ludwigsburg, Electorate of Württemberg (1875/70) 1804-0914 John Gould* ornithologist - Lyme Regis, England (1881/76) 1804-0918 Robert Benet Forbes* sea captain/opium trader - Boston, MA USA (1889/85) 1804-0920 1804-0928 Fredrik Eimele* language teacher/musician/composer - Vaasa, Sweden-Finland (1871/66) 1804-1003 Allan Kardec* translator/author/founder of Spiritism - Lyon, First French Empire (1869/64) 1804-1018 Mongkut* the fourth king of Siam - Bangkok, Siam (1868/63) 1804-1024 Wilhelm Eduard Weber* physicist/co- inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph - Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (1891/86) 1804-1025 1804-1031 1804-1101 1804-1104 Peder Balke* Norwegian painter - Helgøya, Denmark-Norway (1887/82) 1804-1110 1804-1118 Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora* Italian general/ statesman - Turin, First French Empire (1878/73) 1804-1123 Franklin Pierce* politician/14usp - Hillsborough, NH USA (1869/64) 1804-1125 1804-1130 1804-1205 Beata Sofia Gyldén* (b Wrede af Elimä) poet - Anjala, Sweden-Finland (1864/59) 1804-1210 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi* mathematician - Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire (1851/46) 1804-1215 1804-1220 1804-1221 Benjamin Disraeli* politician/ literary figure - London, England (1881/76) 1804-1223 Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve* literary critic - Boulogne-sur-Mer, Picardy, First French Empire (1869/64) 1804-1231 1804-0 1804-0 1804-0 Updated 2025-0428 Helsinki Search for another year here