World Population: Over 1 billion 1803 (MDCCCIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). [edit] Events of 1803 [edit] January–March [edit] April–June [edit] July–September [edit] October–December [edit] Undated - France – the Livre Tournois (Tours Pound) is replaced by the Franc.
- Graubünden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, the Ticino and Vaud become Swiss cantons.
- William Osgoode, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, rules that slavery is inconsistent with British law.
- Orissa, India is occupied by the British under the British East India Company after the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
- Major breakthroughs in chemistry occur, with the identification of the elements Rhodium, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, and Cerium.
[edit] Ongoing events [edit] Births [edit] January–June [edit] July–December - July 10 – William Todd (1803-1873), American businessman, Canadian senate nominee
- July 24 – Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (d. 1856)
- July 31 – John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
- August 27 – Edward Beecher, American theologian (d. 1895)
- September 4 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
- September 27 – Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
- September 28 – Prosper Mérimée, French writer (d. 1870)
- September 29 – Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
- November 14 – Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
- November 29 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician (d. 1853)
- December 6 – Susanna Moodie, English writer (d. 1885)
- December 11 – Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
- See also Category: 1803 births.
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 18 – Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743)
- January 23 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)
- February 9 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
- February 18 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (b. 1719)
- February 20 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)
- February 21 – Edward Marcus Despard, British revolutionary (b. 1751)
- March 14 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b. 1724)
- April 2 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and judge (b. 1721)
- April 7 – Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haitian revolutionary (b. 1743)
- June 24 – Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1714)
[edit] July–December - See also Category: 1803 deaths.
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