January 1 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) January 5 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement January 30 Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River January 31 British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao February 15 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery February 16 Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it February 18 1st U.S. land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered February 21 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales February 23 Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII February 25 Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus February 26 Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad March 17 Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres March 21 French civil Code of Napoleon adopted March 26 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana March 26 Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase March 28 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 March 29 Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti April 22 Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola April 28 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony April 30 Hague's Theater opens May 6 Suriname sold to English, until February, 1816 May 14 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast May 16 Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France May 17 Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase May 18 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France May 21 Lewis and Clark Expedition begins June 15 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president August 25 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England) September 25 12th amendment to U.S. constitution, regulating judicial power October 2 England mobilizes to protect against French invasion October 9 Hobart Tasmania founded November 18 Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape November 30 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins December 1 Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique December 2 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII December 5 Thomas Jefferson re-elected U.S. president/George Clinton vice-president
