Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1806. This year saw 25 significant events. 2 notable figures were born. 3 notable figures passed away.
The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and…
Frontiersman Davy Crockett (20) weds Polly Finley in Tennessee
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa.
Dutch forces in Capetown surrender to the British
French evacuate Vienna
United Kingdom reoccupies the Cape of Good Hope following victory in the Battle of Blaauwberg over French vassal, the Batavian Republic, establishing British rule in South Africa
Prussia takes possession of Hanover
Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway
Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
British under Commodore Popham and Colonel Beresford reach Buenos Aires
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in...
Orkney woman Isobel Gunn sets sail for Prince Rupert's Land disguised as a man to work for the Hudson Bay Company - her true identity only revealed when she gives birth December 1807 [1]
Michael Keens exhibits the first large-scale cultivated strawberry, a large fruit strawberry called the Keen Seedling
The Vellore mutiny, or Vellore Revolution, occurred on 10 July 1806 and was the first instance of a large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company, predating the...
Zebulon Pike begins his journey to explore the American Southwest
A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switzerland, kills 500
Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood
British forces lay siege to the French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
The War of the Fourth Coalition (French: Guerre de la Quatrième Coalition) was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being...
Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
The first Republic of Haiti (French: République d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Repiblik d Ayiti) controlled the southern portions of Haiti from 1806 until 1820.
The fall of Berlin took place on 24 October 1806 when the Prussian capital of Berlin was captured by French forces in the aftermath of the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet, known for english poet, was born on 1806-03-06.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English mechanical and civil engineer, known for british mechanical and civil engineer, was born on 1806-04-09.
William Pitt the Younger, British statesman, known for british statesman, died on 1806-01-23.
Horatio Gates, American british-born american army officer and politician, known for british-born american army officer and politician, died on 1806-04-10.
Benjamin Banneker, American scientist, surveyor and farmer, known for american scientist, surveyor and farmer, died on 1806-10-19.
The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and…
Frontiersman Davy Crockett (20) weds Polly Finley in Tennessee
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa.
Dutch forces in Capetown surrender to the British
French evacuate Vienna
United Kingdom reoccupies the Cape of Good Hope following victory in the Battle of Blaauwberg over French vassal, the Batavian Republic, establishing British rule in South Africa
Prussia takes possession of Hanover
Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway
Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
British under Commodore Popham and Colonel Beresford reach Buenos Aires
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in...
Orkney woman Isobel Gunn sets sail for Prince Rupert's Land disguised as a man to work for the Hudson Bay Company - her true identity only revealed when she gives birth December 1807 [1]
Michael Keens exhibits the first large-scale cultivated strawberry, a large fruit strawberry called the Keen Seedling
The Vellore mutiny, or Vellore Revolution, occurred on 10 July 1806 and was the first instance of a large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company, predating the...
Zebulon Pike begins his journey to explore the American Southwest
A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switzerland, kills 500
Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood
British forces lay siege to the French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
The War of the Fourth Coalition (French: Guerre de la Quatrième Coalition) was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being...
Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
The first Republic of Haiti (French: République d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Repiblik d Ayiti) controlled the southern portions of Haiti from 1806 until 1820.
The fall of Berlin took place on 24 October 1806 when the Prussian capital of Berlin was captured by French forces in the aftermath of the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet, known for english poet, was born on 1806-03-06.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English mechanical and civil engineer, known for british mechanical and civil engineer, was born on 1806-04-09.
William Pitt the Younger, British statesman, known for british statesman, died on 1806-01-23.
Horatio Gates, American british-born american army officer and politician, known for british-born american army officer and politician, died on 1806-04-10.
Benjamin Banneker, American scientist, surveyor and farmer, known for american scientist, surveyor and farmer, died on 1806-10-19.