1807 - What happened in 1807 ?

February 1807

Saturday 07:

Napoléon's French Empire began fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle of Eylau in Eylau, Poland.

Sunday 08:

Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.

Thursday 19:

In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason.

March 1807

Monday 02:

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."

Wednesday 25:

The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing slavery in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

May 1807

Friday 22:

A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

June 1807

Friday 26:

1807 - Lightning hits a warehouse in Luxembourg,killing 230 people.

July 1807

Tuesday 07:

Napoleonic Wars: Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.

August 1807

Monday 17:

Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.

September 1807

Tuesday 01:

Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.

Wednesday 02:

British Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

December 1807

Tuesday 22:

The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.