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'{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2011}} {{Year dab|1807}} {{Year nav|1807}} {{C19 year in topic}} __NOTOC__ Year '''1807''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCCVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the 12-day slower [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === January–March === * February – [[Napoleon]] attacks [[Russia]]. * [[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]]. * [[February 7]] – [[Battle of Eylau]]: [[Napoleon I of France|Napoléon]]'s [[First French Empire|French Empire]] begins fighting against [[Russia]]n and [[Prussia]]n forces of the [[Fourth Coalition]]. * [[February 8]] – [[Battle of Eylau]]: [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] fights a hard, but inconclusive battle against the [[Russia]]ns under [[Levin August, count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen]]. * [[February 10]] – The [[United States Coast Survey]] is established; work begins on August 3, 1816. * [[February 17]] – [[Henri Christophe|Henry Christopher]] is elected first President of the [[State of Haiti]], ruling the northern part of the country. * [[February 19]] – In [[Alabama]], former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] is tried for conspiracy but acquitted. * [[March 2]] – The [[Congress of the United States|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). * [[March 25]] ** The [[Slave Trade Act]] becomes law, abolishing the [[slave trade]] in the [[British Empire]]. (Slavery is abolished in 1833). ** 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. * [[March 29]] – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers|H. W. Olbers]] discovers the [[asteroid]] [[4 Vesta|Vesta]]. === April–June === * [[April 27]] – [[France|French]] forces capture [[Danzig]] after a 6-week siege. * [[May 22]] – A [[grand jury]] indicts former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] for [[treason]]. * [[May 29]] – [[Ottoman Emperor]] [[Selim III]] ([[1789]]–1807) is deposed in favour of his nephew [[Mustafa IV]], * [[June 6]] – An [[earthquake]] strikes [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]. * [[June 9]] – The [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|Duke of Portland]] wins the [[United Kingdom general election, 1807|United Kingdom general election]]. * [[June 14]] – [[Battle of Friedland]]: [[Napoleon]] decisively defeats [[Levin August, count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen]]'s [[Russia]]n army. * [[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]]. === July–September === * [[July 5]] – A disastrous [[United Kingdom|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]]. * [[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 [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]]. The [[Prussians]] are forced to cede more than half their territory, which is formed into the [[Duchy of Warsaw]] in their former [[Poland|Polish]] lands and the [[Kingdom of Westphalia]] in [[western Germany]]. * [[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. * [[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. * [[August 17]] – The ''[[North River Steamboat]]'', [[Robert Fulton]]'s first [[United States|American]] [[steamboat]], leaves [[New York City]] for [[Albany, New York|Albany]] on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world. * [[September 1]] – Former [[United States|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. * [[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. * [[September 4]] – [[Robert Morrison (Scottish)|Robert Morrison]], the first [[Protestant]] [[missionary]] to [[China]], arrives in [[Guangzhou]]. === October–December === * [[October 9]] – [[Serfdom]] is abolished in [[Prussia]] by law. * [[October 13]] – [[Geological Society of London]] founded. * [[November 24]] – [[Battle of Abrantes]]: The [[France|French]] under [[Jean-Andoche Junot]] take the town. * [[November 29]] – The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] Queen [[Maria I]] and the [[Court]] embark at [[Lisbon]] bound for [[Brazil]]. [[Rio de Janeiro]] becomes the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] capital. * [[December 22]] – The [[U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Embargo Act]]. [[File:Athosbattle.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Imperial Russian Navy]] after the [[Battle of Athos]].]] === Date unknown === * The municipality of [[Mogpog]] in [[Marinduque]], [[Philippines]], is founded. * Napoleon purchases the [[Scipione Borghese|Borghese]] art collection, including the [[Antinous Mondragone]], and brings it to Paris. * The world's oldest international football stadium, the [[Racecourse Ground]], opens in [[Wrexham]], [[Wales]], although it will not host football games until 1872. == Births == === January–June === * [[January 13]] – [[Napoleon Bonaparte Buford]], American general and railroad executive (d. [[1883]]) * [[January 19]] – [[Robert E. Lee]], American Confederate general (d. [[1870]]) * [[February 27]] – [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], American poet (d. [[1882]]) * [[March 1]] – [[Wilford Woodruff]], American religious leader (d. [[1898]]) * [[March 14]] – [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg]], Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. [[1876]]) * [[April 8]] – [[Ann Pouder]], [[supercentenarian]] (d. [[1917]]) * [[April 20]] – [[John Milton (politician)|John Milton]], Governor of Florida (d. [[1865]]) * [[May 28]] – [[Louis Agassiz]], French zoologist and geologist (d. [[1873]]) * [[June 6]] – [[Adrien François Servais]], Belgian musician (d. [[1866]]) === July–December === * [[July 4]] – [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], Italian patriot (d. [[1882]]) * [[August 11]] – [[David Rice Atchison]], American politician (d. [[1886]]) * [[September 16]] – [[John Lenthall (shipbuilder)|John Lenthall]], American naval architect and shipbuilder (d. [[1882]]) * [[October 8]] – [[Harriet Taylor]], English philosophical writer (d. [[1858]]) * [[December 17]] – [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], Quaker poet and abolitionist (d. [[1892]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1807}} [[Category:1807| ]]'