11th » Burr–Hamilton duel called A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former United States Secretary of the Treasury or Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
12th » Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a Burr–Hamilton duel named duel.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1804
1st » Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (d. 1886)
1st » George Sand, French author and playwright (d. 1876)
4th » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (d. 1864)
10th » Emma Smith, American religious leader (d. 1879)
20th » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (d. 1892)
28th » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (d. 1872)
Famous Deaths for July 1804
12th » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)