Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1807. This year saw 20 significant events. 3 notable figures were born. 1 notable figure passed away.
The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de Independencia Hispanoamericanas) were a series of conflicts fought across Spanish America during the early 19th century.
London's Pall Mall becomes the first street lit by gaslight
Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and the Russian Empire, first battle Napoleon isn't victorious
US President Martin Van Buren (24) weds high school sweetheart Hannah Hoes (23) in Catskill, New York
The internal slave trade in the United States, also known as the domestic slave trade, the Second Middle Passage and the interregional slave trade, was the mercantile trade of enslaved people within…
British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; a penalty of £120 per slave is introduced for ship captains
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte and Russian Tsar Alexander I meet on a raft in the middle of the Neman River and sign the first Treaty of Tilsit
Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops
Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die
A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo in the Battle of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now capital of Uruguay (Napoleonic Wars)
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS; known as the Survey of the Coast from 1807 to 1836, and as the United States Coast Survey from 1836 until 1878) was the first...
British squadron under Admiral Duckworth attempts to force passage of Dardanelles
17 die and 15 are wounded in a crush to witness the execution of Holloway, Heggerty, and Elizabeth Godfrey in England
Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition
The Battle of Athos (also known as the Battle of Monte Sancto or the Battle of Lemnos) took place on 1–2 July 1807New Style as a part of the Napoleonic Wars during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812.
British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica.
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...
France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
Robert E. Lee, American confederate states army general, known for confederate states army general, was born on 1807-01-19.
Robert McClure, Irish admiral and arctic explorer, known for irish admiral and arctic explorer, was born on 1807-01-28.
Joseph E. Johnston, American confederate army general, known for confederate army general, was born on 1807-02-03.
Comte de Rochambeau, American royal army officer, known for french royal army officer, died on 1807-05-10.
The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de Independencia Hispanoamericanas) were a series of conflicts fought across Spanish America during the early 19th century.
London's Pall Mall becomes the first street lit by gaslight
Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and the Russian Empire, first battle Napoleon isn't victorious
US President Martin Van Buren (24) weds high school sweetheart Hannah Hoes (23) in Catskill, New York
The internal slave trade in the United States, also known as the domestic slave trade, the Second Middle Passage and the interregional slave trade, was the mercantile trade of enslaved people within…
British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; a penalty of £120 per slave is introduced for ship captains
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte and Russian Tsar Alexander I meet on a raft in the middle of the Neman River and sign the first Treaty of Tilsit
Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops
Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die
A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo in the Battle of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now capital of Uruguay (Napoleonic Wars)
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS; known as the Survey of the Coast from 1807 to 1836, and as the United States Coast Survey from 1836 until 1878) was the first...
British squadron under Admiral Duckworth attempts to force passage of Dardanelles
17 die and 15 are wounded in a crush to witness the execution of Holloway, Heggerty, and Elizabeth Godfrey in England
Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition
The Battle of Athos (also known as the Battle of Monte Sancto or the Battle of Lemnos) took place on 1–2 July 1807New Style as a part of the Napoleonic Wars during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812.
British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica.
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...
France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
Robert E. Lee, American confederate states army general, known for confederate states army general, was born on 1807-01-19.
Robert McClure, Irish admiral and arctic explorer, known for irish admiral and arctic explorer, was born on 1807-01-28.
Joseph E. Johnston, American confederate army general, known for confederate army general, was born on 1807-02-03.