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1804

Events

January–March

January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever.
February 14 – The First Serbian Uprising begins as an intro into Serbian Revolution. By 1817, Principality of Serbia proclaims self-rule from Ottoman Empire, thus becoming the first nation-state in Europe.
February 15 – New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery.
February 16 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate at Tripoli to deny her further use by the captors.

February 18 – Ohio University is chartered by the Ohio General Assembly.
February 21 – The Cornishman Richard Trevithick's newly built Penydarren steam locomotive operates on the Merthyr Tramroad between Penydarren in Merthyr Tydfil and Abercynon in South Wales, following several trials since February 13, the world's first locomotive to work on rails.
February – The 1804 Haiti Massacre, an ethnic cleansing, eradicates the white population on Haiti; it is not stopped until 22 April.
March 7
- John Wedgwood founds the Royal Horticultural Society.
- Thomas Charles is instrumental in founding the British and Foreign Bible Society.
March 10 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
March 17 – First performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, at Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
March 21 – The Napoleonic Code is adopted as French civil law.