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Special Events for the Year 1803 - back to GREGSITE
| Born : | 07/24/1803 | Adolphe Charles Adams, composer |
| Born : | 10/11/1803 | Albartus Telting, Fries poet (Friesch Jierboeckjen) |
| Born : | 02/02/1803 | Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862 |
| Born : | 07/24/1803 | Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist) |
| Born : | 03/22/1803 | Anthonie Waldrop, painter/lithograph |
| Born : | 12/04/1803 | Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane) |
| Born : | 04/18/1803 | Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies |
| Born : | 11/29/1803 | Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (Doppler effect) |
| Born : | 01/09/1803 | Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888 |
| Born : | 01/03/1803 | Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag) |
| Born : | 02/07/1803 | Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasv‚rus) |
| Born : | 06/04/1803 | Gabriel James Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 |
| Born : | 10/21/1803 | George Wright, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1865 |
| Born : | 01/02/1803 | Gugliemo Libri, (della Somaia), Ital/French bibliographer |
| Born : | 12/11/1803 | Hector Berlioz, C“te-Saint-Andr‚, Isre, France, composer (Manqu‚) |
| Born : | 08/15/1803 | James Douglas, father of British Columbia |
| Born : | 02/15/1803 | John Augustus Sutter, of Calif gold rush fame |
| Born : | 07/31/1803 | John Ericsson, US, invented screw propeller, built USS Monitor |
| Born : | 10/03/1803 | John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) |
| Born : | 02/15/1803 | John Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Calif) |
| Born : | 12/22/1803 | Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 |
| Born : | 04/23/1803 | Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice |
| Born : | 05/24/1803 | Karel LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano |
| Born : | 04/21/1803 | Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885 |
| Born : | 12/11/1803 | Louis H Berlioz, French composer (Requiem, Symphony Fantastique) |
| Born : | 09/03/1803 | Prudence Crandall, founded school for "young ladies of colour" |
| Born : | 05/25/1803 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) |
| Born : | 05/17/1803 | Robert Smith Surtees, novelist |
| Born : | 09/27/1803 | Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1865 |
| Born : | 09/04/1803 | Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady (1845-1849) |
| Born : | 12/18/1803 | William Allen, (Rep/Gov-Oh) |
| Died : | 07/23/1803 | Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered |
| Died : | 08/28/1803 | Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies |
| Died : | 02/21/1803 | Edward Despard, last drawn & quartered in England |
| Died : | 08/18/1803 | James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 09/13/1803 | John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies |
| Died : | 02/17/1803 | Louis R E prince de Rohan-Gu‚men‚, archbisp of Straatsburg, dies at 68 |
| Died : | 09/20/1803 | Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed |
| Died : | 10/02/1803 | Samuel Adams, statesman, dies |
| Died : | 04/07/1803 | [Fran‡ois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, dies |
| Special : | 08/09/1803 | 1st horses arrive in Hawaii |
| Special : | 03/03/1803 | 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins |
| Special : | 02/14/1803 | Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn |
| Special : | 09/23/1803 | Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army |
| Special : | 11/18/1803 | Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French |
| Special : | 02/19/1803 | Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 |
| Special : | 11/29/1803 | Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Ha‹ti) Independence |
| Special : | 02/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay, India |
| Special : | 12/20/1803 | Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M |
| Special : | 04/26/1803 | Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France |
| Special : | 01/11/1803 | Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La |
| Special : | 03/01/1803 | Ohio becomes 17th state |
| Special : | 05/16/1803 | Peace of Amiens ends |
| Special : | 07/23/1803 | Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin |
| Special : | 11/30/1803 | Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France |
| Special : | 02/24/1803 | Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) |
| Special : | 10/20/1803 | US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase |
| Special : | 04/30/1803 | US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million) |
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