What Happened in December 1804

Historical Events

Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte

Dec 2 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in Paris
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*Napoleon is crowned Emperor of the French at Notre-Dam on December 2, 1804, painting by Jacques-Louis David*

Election of Interest

Dec 5 Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President, George Clinton Vice President

3rd US President Thomas Jefferson — 3rd US President
Thomas Jefferson

US Vice President George Clinton — US Vice President
George Clinton

Scientific Discovery

Dec 7 Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt reports his discovery of the decrease in intensity of Earth's magnetic field from the poles to the equator in a memoir to the Paris Institute

Naturalist and Explorer Alexander von Humboldt — Naturalist and Explorer
Alexander von Humboldt

Famous Birthdays

Dec 10 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1851)
Dec 13 Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1873)
Dec 16 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)