Editing 1806 (section)

=== January–March ===
*[[January 1]]
** The [[French Republican Calendar]] is abolished.
** The [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] is established by [[Napoleon]].
*[[January 5]] – The body of British naval leader [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]], lies in state in the Painted Hall of [[Greenwich Hospital, London|Greenwich Hospital]], London, prior to his funeral.
*[[January 8]] – [[Battle of Blaauwberg]]: British infantry force troops of the [[Batavian Republic]] in the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] to withdraw.
*[[January 9]]
** The Dutch commandant of [[Cape Town]] surrenders to British forces. On January 10, formal capitulation is signed under the [[Treaty Tree]] in  Papendorp (modern-day [[Woodstock, Cape Town|Woodstock]]).
** [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]] is given a [[state funeral]] and interment at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London, attended by [[George IV of the United Kingdom|the Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Hibbert|title=Nelson: A Personal History|year=1994|page=382}}</ref>
*[[January 18]] – The [[Dutch Cape Colony]] capitulates to British forces, the origin of its status as a colony within the [[British Empire]].
*[[January 23]]
** Following the death of [[William Pitt the Younger]], his cousin [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|Lord Grenville]] succeeds him as wartime [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
** [[Invasion of Naples (1806)|Invasion of Naples]]: [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] flees to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] under British protection.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=John|title=Naples and Napoleon: Southern Italy and the European Revolutions, 1780–1860|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198207559|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yWuH77qlSWEC}}</ref>
*[[February 6]] – [[Battle of San Domingo]]: The British [[Royal Navy]] gains a victory over the French off [[Santo Domingo]].
*[[February 15]] – [[Invasion of Naples (1806)|Invasion of Naples]]: [[Joseph Bonaparte]] enters [[Naples]].<ref name=Abbott>{{cite book|first=John S. C.|last=Abbott|title=A History of Joseph, King of Naples|location=New York|publisher=Harper|year=1869}}</ref>
*[[March 23]] – Explorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their ''[[Corps of Discovery]]'', having reached the Pacific Ocean after traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]], begin their journey home.
*[[March 28]] – Washington College (modern-day [[Washington & Jefferson College]]) is chartered by the [[Pennsylvania General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Coleman| first =Helen Turnbull Waite| title = Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College| publisher = [[University of Pittsburgh Press]]| year= 1956| url = https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp| oclc = 2191890|page=[https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp/page/n262 210]}}</ref>
*[[March 29]] – Construction is authorized of the ''[[National Road]]'', the first United States federal highway.
*[[March 30]] – The [[Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples]] is proclaimed.<ref name=Abbott/>