1803

Years:
1800 1801 1802 - 1803 - 1804 1805 1806

Decades:
1770s 1780s 1790s - 1800s - 1810s 1820s 1830s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

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1 Events

Events

January 30 - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. They end completing the Louisiana Purchase.
February 24 - The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review.
March 1 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state, retroactive from August 7, 1953.
April 30 - Louisiana Purchase made by the United States from France.
May 18 - The United Kingdom redeclares war on France after France refused to withdraw from Dutch territory.
July 4 - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
July 5 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
July 23 - Robert Emmet's uprising in Ireland begins
July 26 - The wagonway between Wandsworth and Croydon is opened, being the first public railway line of the world.
August 3 – British begin Second Anglo-Maratha War against Sindhia of Gwalior
September 20 - Irish rebel Robert Emmet is executed
September 23 - The Battle of Assaye in India – British-lead troops defeat Maratha forces
November 30 - At the Cabildo building in New Orleans, Spanish representatives Governor Manuel de Salcedo and the Marqu�s de Casa Calvo, officially transfer Louisiana Territory to French representative Prefect Pierre Cl�ment de Laussat (just 20 days later, France had transferred the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase).

Aargau, Graub�nden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, the Ticino, Vaud become Swiss cantons.
France - the Livre Tournois (Tours Pound) is replaced by the Franc.
William Osgoode, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, rules that slavery is inconsistent with British Law.

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