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July 1807 in History

Events in History

  • Jul 5 Second Battle of Buenos Aires lost by invading British forces

Treaty of InterestNapoleon Meets the Tsar

Jul 7 First Treaty of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I of France, and Alexander I of Russia

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Napoleon Bonaparte meets Alexander I of Russia aboard a raft in the Neman River to sign a peace treaty
Napoleon Bonaparte meets Alexander I of Russia aboard a raft in the Neman River to sign a peace treaty
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AgreementTreaty of Interest

Jul 9 Second Treaty of Tilsit signed by France, Russia and Prussia

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
French Emperor
Napoléon Bonaparte

Birthdays in History

  • Jul 1 Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and founder of Clemson University, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)

Person of interestGiuseppe Garibaldi

Jul 4 Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and nationalist (Risorgimento) who helped unify Italy, born in Nice, First French Empire (d. 1882)

Unifier of Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi
Unifier of Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
  • Jul 12 Silas Casey, American Major General (Union Army), born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island (d. 1882)
  • Jul 22 Karolina Pawlowa, Russian writer (A Double Life), born in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire (d. 1893)

Deaths in History

  • Jul 13 Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)