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{{Year article header|1807}} |
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== Events == |
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=== January–March === |
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* February – [[Napoleon]] attacks [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. |
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* [[February 3]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]] and [[Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)|Anglo-Spanish War]] – [[Battle of Montevideo (1807)|Battle of Montevideo]]: The British Army captures [[Montevideo]] from the [[Spanish Empire]] as part of the [[British invasions of the Río de la Plata]]. |
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* [[February 7]] – [[Battle of Eylau]]: [[Napoleon]]'s [[First French Empire|French Empire]] begins fighting against Russian and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] forces of the [[Fourth Coalition]]. |
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* [[February 8]] – [[Battle of Eylau]]: [[Napoleon]] fights a hard, but inconclusive battle against the Russians under [[Levin August, Count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen]]. |
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* [[February 10]] – The [[United States Coast Survey]] is established; work begins on August 3, 1816. |
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* [[February 17]] – [[Henri Christophe|Henry Christopher]] is elected first President of the [[State of Haiti]], ruling the northern part of the country. |
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* [[February 19]] – In [[Alabama]], former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] is tried for conspiracy but acquitted. |
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* [[March 2]] – The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country" (to take effect 1 January 1808). |
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* [[March 25]] |
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** The [[Slave Trade Act]] becomes law, abolishing the [[slave trade]] in the [[British Empire]]. (Slavery is abolished in 1833). |
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** The [[Swansea and Mumbles Railway]] in South Wales, at this time known as the [[Oystermouth Railway]], becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world. |
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* [[March 29]] – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers|H. W. Olbers]] discovers the [[asteroid]] [[4 Vesta|Vesta]]. |
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=== April–June === |
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* [[April 4]]–[[April 12|12]] – [[Froberg mutiny]] at [[Fort Ricasoli]] on [[Malta]] by men of the irregularly-recruited Frobert Regiment, suppressed by the protecting British power. |
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* [[April 27]] – French forces capture [[Danzig]] after a 6-week siege. |
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* [[May 22]] – A [[grand jury]] indicts former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] for [[treason]]. |
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* [[May 29]] – [[Selim III]], [[Ottoman Emperor]] since [[1789]], is deposed in favour of his nephew [[Mustafa IV]]. |
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* [[May 31]] – [[Primitive Methodism]] originates in an All Day of Prayer at [[Mow Cop]] in the north midlands of England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Farndale|first=W. E.|title=The Secret of Mow Cop: a new appraisal of the origins of Primitive Methodism|publisher=Epworth Press|location=London|year=1950}}</ref> |
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* [[June 9]] – The [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|Duke of Portland]] wins the [[United Kingdom general election, 1807|United Kingdom general election]]. |
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* [[June 14]] – [[Battle of Friedland]]: [[Napoleon]] decisively defeats [[Levin August, Count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen]]'s Russian army. |
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* [[June 22]] – [[Chesapeake–Leopard Affair|''Chesapeake''–''Leopard'' Affair]]: British [[Royal Navy]] [[warship]] [[HMS Leopard (1790)|HMS ''Leopard'']] attacks and boards the [[United States Navy]] [[frigate]] [[USS Chesapeake (1799)|USS ''Chesapeake'']] off [[Norfolk, Virginia]], seeking [[Desertion|deserters]]. |
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=== July–September === |
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* [[July 5]] – A disastrous British attack is mounted against [[Buenos Aires]] during the second failed [[British invasions of the Río de la Plata#Second invasion - 1807|invasion]] of the [[Río de la Plata]]. |
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* [[July 7]]–[[July 9]] – The [[Peace of Tilsit]] is signed between France, Prussia and Russia. [[Napoleon]] and Russian Emperor [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]] ally together against the British. The Prussians are forced to cede more than half their territory, which is formed into the [[Duchy of Warsaw]] in their former Polish lands and the [[Kingdom of Westphalia]] in western Germany. |
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* [[July 13]] – With the death of [[Henry Benedict Stuart]], the last [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom, the movement of [[Jacobitism]] comes to an effective end. |
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* [[July 20]] – [[Nicéphore Niépce]] is awarded a patent by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] for the [[Pyréolophore]], the world's first [[internal combustion engine]], after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river [[Saône]] in France. |
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* [[August 17]] – The ''[[North River Steamboat]]'', [[Robert Fulton]]'s first American [[steamboat]], leaves New York City for [[Albany, New York|Albany]] on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. |
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* [[September 1]] – Former U.S. [[Vice President]] [[Aaron Burr]] is acquitted of [[treason]]. He had been accused of plotting to annex parts of [[Louisiana]] and Mexico to become part of an independent republic. |
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* [[September 2]]–[[September 7|7]] – [[Battle of Copenhagen (1807)|Battle of Copenhagen]]: The British [[Royal Navy]] bombards [[Copenhagen]] with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent the [[Dano-Norwegian navy]] from surrendering to [[Napoleon]]; 30% of the city is destroyed and 2,000 citizens are killed. |
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* [[September 4]] – [[Robert Morrison (missionary)|Robert Morrison]], the first [[Protestant]] [[missionary]] to China, arrives in [[Guangzhou]]. |
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=== October–December === |
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* [[October 9]] – [[Serfdom]] is abolished in Prussia by law. |
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* [[October 13]] – [[Geological Society of London]] founded. |
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* [[November 24]] – [[Battle of Abrantes]]: The French under [[Jean-Andoche Junot]] take the town. |
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* [[November 29]] – The Portuguese Queen [[Maria I of Portugal|Maria I]] and the [[Court (royal)|Court]] embark at [[Lisbon]] bound for Brazil. [[Rio de Janeiro]] becomes the Portuguese capital. |
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* [[December 22]] – The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Embargo Act of 1807|Embargo Act]]. |
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* [[December 27]] – Thomas Parr, Resident of [[British Bencoolen]], is decapitated by a mob. |
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[[File:Athosbattle.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Imperial Russian Navy]] after the [[Battle of Athos]]]] |
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=== Date unknown === |
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* The municipality of [[Mogpog]] in [[Marinduque]], [[Philippines]], is founded. |
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* Napoleon purchases the [[Scipione Borghese|Borghese]] art collection, including the [[Antinous Mondragone]], and brings it to Paris. |
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* The world's oldest international football stadium, the [[Racecourse Ground]], opens in [[Wrexham]], Wales, although it will not host football games until 1872. |
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== Births == |
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=== January–June === |
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* [[January 13]] – [[Napoleon Bonaparte Buford]], American general and railroad executive (d. [[1883]]) |
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* [[January 19]] – [[Robert E. Lee]], American Confederate general (d. [[1870]]) |
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* [[February 27]] – [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], American poet (d. [[1882]]) |
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* [[March 1]] – [[Wilford Woodruff]], American religious leader (d. [[1898]]) |
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* [[March 14]] – [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg]], Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. [[1876]]) |
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* [[April 8]] – [[Ann Pouder]], [[supercentenarian]] (d. [[1917]]) |
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* [[April 20]] – [[John Milton (Florida politician)|John Milton]], Governor of Florida (d. [[1865]]) |
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* [[May 28]] – [[Louis Agassiz]], French zoologist and geologist (d. [[1873]]) |
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* [[June 6]] – [[Adrien-François Servais]], Belgian musician (d. [[1866]]) |
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=== July–December === |
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[[File:Giuseppe Garibaldi (1866).jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Giuseppe Garibaldi]]]] |
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* [[July 4]] – [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], Italian patriot (d. [[1882]]) |
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* [[August 8]] – [[Emilie Flygare-Carlén]], Swedish author (d. [[1892]]) |
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* [[August 11]] – [[David Rice Atchison]], American politician (d. [[1886]]) |
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* [[August 18]] – [[Charles Francis Adams Sr.]], American historical editor, politician and diplomat (d. [[1886]]) |
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* [[September 2]] – [[Fredrika Runeberg]], Finnish writer (d. [[1879]]) |
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* [[September 7]] – [[Henry Sewell]], 1st [[Premier of New Zealand]] (d. [[1879]]) |
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* [[September 16]] – [[John Lenthall (shipbuilder)|John Lenthall]], American naval architect and shipbuilder (d. [[1882]]) |
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* [[October 8]] – [[Harriet Taylor]], English philosophical writer (d. [[1858]]) |
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* [[October 19]] – [[Edward Bigge]], English cleric, 1st [[Archdeacon of Lindisfarne]] (d. [[1844]]) |
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* [[December 17]] – [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], Quaker poet and abolitionist (d. [[1892]]) |
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== Deaths == |
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=== January–June === |
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* [[February 1]] – [[Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet]], British admiral (b. ca. [[1758]]) |
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* [[February 5]] – [[Pasquale Paoli]], Corsican patriot and military leader (b. [[1725]]) |
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* [[February 27]] – [[Louise du Pierry]], French astronomer (b. [[1746]]) |
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* [[March 10]] – [[Jean Thurel]], French soldier (b. [[1698]]) |
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* [[April 4]] – [[Jérôme Lalande]], French astronomer (b. [[1732]]) |
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* [[April 10]] – [[Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], regent of Weimar and Eisenach (b. [[1739]]) |
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* [[May 10]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau]], French soldier (b. [[1725]]) |
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* [[May 13]] – [[Eliphalet Dyer]], American statesman and judge (b. [[1721]]) |
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* [[May 17]] – [[John Gunby]], Maryland soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]] (b. [[1745]]) |
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* [[May 18]] – [[John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury)|John Douglas]], Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. [[1721]]) |
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* [[June 9]] – [[Andrew Sterett]], American naval officer (b. [[1778]]) |
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=== July–December === |
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* [[October 22]] – [[Jean-François Houbigant]], French perfumer (b. [[1752]]) |
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* [[November 2]] – [[Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil|Baron de Breteuil]], prime minister of King [[Louis XVI of France]] (b. [[1730]]) |
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* [[November 5]] – [[Angelica Kauffman]], Swiss painter (b. [[1741]]) |
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* [[November 8]] |
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**[[Darejan Dadiani]], Georgian queen consort (b. [[1738]]) |
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**[[Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait]], French engineer, hydrographer, politician, and Minister of the Navy (1799-1801) (b. [[1752]]) |
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* [[November 23]] – [[Jean-François Rewbell]], French politician (b. [[1747]]) |
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* [[November 26]] – [[Oliver Ellsworth]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. [[1745]]) |
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* [[December 19]] – [[Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm]], German writer (b. [[1723]]) |
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* [[December 21]] – [[John Newton]], English cleric and hymnist (b. [[1725]]) |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1807}} |
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