Rulers:
• Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
• Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic (1799-1804)
• Napoléon Bonaparte, President of the Italian Republic (1802-1805)
• Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)
Events:
• Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique established in Brussels.
Births:
• Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
• Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803-1873)
• Foucher, Adèle (1803-1868)
• Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870)
Deaths:
• Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre (1741-1803)
Literature:
• Austen, Jane (1775-1817): Northanger Abbey (1803)
Music:
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony N° 2 (1803)
Art:
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Busto di Napoleone (1803)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Ebe (1800-05)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Napoleone (1803-06)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Vittoria Alata (1803-06)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Bartolomé Sureda (1803-04)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Doña Teresa Sureda (1803-04)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La maja vestida (1801-07)
• Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835): Bonaparte après la bataille de Marengo (1803)
• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Falls at Tivoli (1803)