1803

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

William Osgoode, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, ruled that slavery was inconsistent with British Law.
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 declares 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 26 - The wagonway between Wandsworth and Croydon is opened, being the first public railway line of the world.
September 23 - British troops defeat an Indian army in the Battle of Assaye
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 transferred the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase).
Aargau, Graub�nden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, the Ticino, Vaud become Swiss cantons.