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1807 (MDCCCVII) was
a common year starting
on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and
a common
year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1807th year of
the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the
807th year of the 2nd millennium,
the 7th year of the 19th century,
and the 8th year of the 1800s decade. As of the start of 1807,
the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which
remained in localized use until 1923. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] January–March[edit] ·
January 7 – The United Kingdom issues
an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its
allies. [1] ·
January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company,
faced with bankruptcy because of the outlawing of the slave trade in British
colonies, petitions the British government for purchase and transfer of its
property to the Crown; Parliament approves the transfer on July 29, and it takes effect on January 1, 1808.[2] ·
January 22 – The United Kingdom
abolishes the slave trade in all of its colonies, effective March 1, 1808.[3] ·
February 3 – Napoleonic Wars and Anglo-Spanish
War – Battle of
Montevideo: The British Army captures Montevideofrom the Spanish Empire, as part of the British
invasions of the Río de la Plata. ·
February 7 – Napoleon leads the forces of the French Empire in
an invasion of the Russian Empire,
and begins fighting at the Battle of Eylau against
Russian and Prussian forces. [4] ·
February 8 – Battle of Eylau: Napoleon fights a hard, but
inconclusive battle against the Russians under Bennigsen. ·
February 10 – The United States
Coast Survey is established; work begins on August 3, 1816. ·
February 17 – 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 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
itself is abolished in British colonies 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 – H. W. Olbers discovers the asteroid Vesta. April–June[edit] ·
April 4–12 – Froberg mutiny:
The British suppress a mutiny at Fort Ricasoli, Malta, by men of the irregularly-recruited Frobert Regiment. ·
April 27 – 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 – Selim III, Ottoman Emperor since 1789,
is deposed in favour of his nephew Mustafa IV. ·
May 31 – Primitive Methodism originates
in an All Day of Prayer at Mow Cop, in the north midlands of England.[5] ·
June 9 – The Duke of Portland wins the United
Kingdom general election. ·
June 14 – Battle of Friedland: Napoleon decisively defeats Bennigsen's
Russian army. ·
June 22 – Chesapeake–Leopard Affair: British Royal Navy warship HMS Leopard attacks
and boards United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake off Norfolk, Virginia,
seeking deserters. July–September[edit] ·
July 5 – A disastrous British attack is
mounted against Buenos Aires,
during the second failed invasion of
the Río de la Plata. ·
July 7–9 – The Peace of Tilsit is signed between
France, Prussia and Russia. Napoleon and Russian Emperor 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. ·
July 13 – With the death of Henry Benedict
Stuart, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of the
United Kingdom, 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 American steamboat, leaves New York City for Albanyon
the Hudson River,
inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. ·
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. ·
September 2–7 – 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 7 – Robert
Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to China, arrives in Guangzhou (Canton). [6] ·
September 27 – Napoleon purchases
the Borghese art
collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris. [7] October–December[edit] ·
October 9 – Serfdom is abolished in Prussia by law. ·
October 13 – The Geological
Society of London is founded. ·
November 24 – Battle of Abrantes,
Portugal: The French under Jean-Andoche Junot take the town. ·
November 29 – Portuguese Queen Maria I and
the Court embark
at Lisbon, bound for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro becomes the Portuguese
capital. ·
December 17 – Napoleonic Wars: France
issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System. ·
December 22 – The United States
Congress passes the Embargo Act. ·
December 27 – Thomas Parr, Resident
of British Bencoolen, is decapitated by a mob. Date unknown[edit] ·
The
municipality of Mogpog in Marinduque, Philippines, is founded. ·
The
world's oldest international football stadium, the Racecourse Ground,
opens in Wrexham, Wales, although it will not
host football games until 1872. Births[edit] January–June[edit]
·
January 13 – Napoleon
Bonaparte Buford, American general, railroad executive (d. 1883) ·
January 19 – Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general
(d. 1870) ·
January 28 – Robert McClure, Irish-born Arctic explorer
(d. 1873) ·
February 10 – Lajos Batthyány,
1st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1849) ·
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 2 – William F. Packer,
American politician (d. 1870) ·
April 3 – Jane Digby, English adventurer (d. 1881) ·
April 20 – John
Milton, Governor of Florida (d. 1865) ·
May 14 – Charlotta Djurström, Swedish actress and theater
manager (d. 1877) ·
May 28 – Louis Agassiz, French zoologist, geologist
(d. 1873) ·
June 6 – Adrien-François
Servais, Belgian musician (d. 1866) July–December[edit]
·
July 4 – Giuseppe Garibaldi,
Italian patriot (d. 1882) ·
August 8 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (d. 1892) ·
August 11 – David Rice Atchison,
American politician (d. 1886) ·
August 15 – Jules Grévy, 4th
President of France (d. 1891) ·
August 18 – Charles Francis
Adams Sr., American historical editor, politician and diplomat
(d. 1886) ·
September 2 – Fredrika Runeberg, Finnish writer (d. 1879) ·
September 7 – Henry Sewell, 1st Premier of New
Zealand (d. 1879) ·
September 16 – John Lenthall, American naval architect and
shipbuilder (d. 1882) ·
October 8 – Harriet Taylor, English philosophical writer
(d. 1858) ·
October 26 – Barbu Catargiu,
1st Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1862) ·
October 19 – Edward Bigge,
English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of
Lindisfarne (d. 1844. ·
November 15 – William McKinley,
Sr., father of William McKinley ·
December 8 – Friedrich
Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist,
botanist and phycologist (d. 1893) ·
December 17 – John Greenleaf
Whittier, Quaker poet, abolitionist (d. 1892) Deaths[edit] January–June[edit]
·
February 1 – Sir
Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet, British
admiral (b. ca. 1758) ·
February 5 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot, military
leader (b. 1725) ·
February 27 – Louise du Pierry,
French astronomer (b. 1746) ·
March 10 – Jean Thurel,
French soldier (b. 1698) ·
April 4 – Jérôme Lalande,
French astronomer (b. 1732) ·
April 10 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, regent of
Weimar and Eisenach (b. 1739) ·
May 10 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau,
French soldier (b. 1725) ·
May 13 – Eliphalet Dyer,
American statesman, judge (b. 1721) ·
May 17 – John Gunby,
Maryland soldier in the American
Revolutionary War (b. 1745) ·
May 18 – John
Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop, man of letters (b. 1721) ·
June 9 – Andrew Sterett,
American naval officer (b. 1778) July–December[edit]
·
October 22 – Jean-François Houbigant, French perfumer (b. 1752) ·
November 2 – Louis
Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Prime
Minister of King Louis XVI of France (b. 1730) ·
November 5 – Angelica Kauffman,
Swiss painter (b. 1741) ·
Darejan Dadiani, Georgian
queen consort (b. 1738) ·
Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent
Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer,
politician, and Minister of the Navy (1799-1801) (b. 1752) ·
November 23 – Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. 1747) ·
November 26 – Oliver Ellsworth, Chief
Justice of the United States (b. 1745) ·
December 19 – Friedrich
Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723) ·
December 21 – John Newton, English cleric, hymnist
(b. 1725) References[edit] 1.
^ William S. Dudley, ed. The Naval War of 1812: A
Documentary History (Naval Historical Center, 1985) p34 2.
^ Stephen Tomkins, The Clapham
Sect: How Wilberforce's Circle Transformed Britain (Lion Books,
2012) p200 3.
^ Antigua and the Antiguans: A Full Account of the
Colony and Its Inhabitants (1844, reprinted by Cambridge University
Press, 2011) p136 4.
^ William Hodgson, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte,
Once Emperor of the French, who Died in Exile, at St. Helena, After a Captivity
of Six Years' Duration (Orlando Hodgson, 1841) p384 5.
^ Farndale, W. E.
(1950). The Secret of Mow Cop: a new appraisal of the origins of
Primitive Methodism. London: Epworth Press. 6.
^ "Sketch of the Canton Protestant Mission", by
Rev. John Chalmers, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal,
Volume 7 (American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1876) p174 7.
^ Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and
the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900 (Yale University
Press, 1982) p281 |
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