Important Events
- Jan 28 London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
- Feb 8 Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and Russian Empire - 1st battle Napoleon isn't victorious
- Mar 2 US Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808
- Mar 25 British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
- Nov 27 Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops
More Historical Events
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Joseph E. Johnston
Robert E. Lee
Comte de Rochambeau
Joseph BrantWorld Leaders in 1807
Napoléon Bonaparte
French Emperor- Thomas Jefferson
3rd US President - William Cavendish-Bentinck
British Prime Minister
Napoléon Bonaparte
Thomas Jefferson
William Cavendish-BentinckFamous People in 1807
- Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Ludwig van BeethovenWould You Believe?
Washington Irving's Salmagundi periodical published - first to associate the name "Gotham" with New York City
On November 11, 1807
Famous Weddings
- Feb 21 US President Martin Van Buren (24) weds highschool sweetheart Hannah Hoes (23) in Catskill, New York
