Editing 1807 (section)

=== October–December ===
*[[October 9]] – [[Prussian Reform Movement (1806–1815)|Prussian Reform Movement]]: [[Serfdom]] is abolished by the October edict.
*[[October 13]] – The [[Geological Society of London]] is founded.
*[[October 30]] – [[El Escorial Conspiracy]]: [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias]] is arrested for conspiring against his father [[Charles IV of Spain]].
*[[November 24]] – [[Battle of Abrantes]], Portugal: The French under [[Jean-Andoche Junot]] take the town.
*[[November 29]] – Portuguese Queen [[Maria I of Portugal|Maria I]] and the [[Court (royal)|Court]] embark at [[Lisbon]], bound for Brazil. [[Rio de Janeiro]] becomes the Portuguese capital.
*[[December 5]]–11 – Napoleonic Wars: [[Raid on Griessie]] – A British Royal Navy squadron attacks the Dutch port of [[Gresik|Griessie]] on [[Java]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]], eliminating the last Dutch naval force in the Pacific and concluding the [[Java campaign of 1806–1807]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clowes|first=William Laird|author-link=William Laird Clowes|year=1997|orig-year=1900|title=The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to 1900|volume=V|publisher=Chatham Publishing|isbn=1-86176-014-0}}</ref>
*[[December 17]] – Napoleonic Wars: France issues the [[Milan Decree]] which confirms the [[Continental System]] (i.e. no European country is to trade with the United Kingdom).
*[[December 22]] – The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Embargo Act of 1807|Embargo Act]], a trade [[embargo]] on all foreign nations.