1807

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February 7: Napoleon leads French troops into Russia in winter, and fights the Battle of Eylau.

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June 14: Napoleon triumphs over Russia's General Benningsen, at the Battle of Friedland.

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Events

January–March

January 7 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies.<ref>William S. Dudley, ed. The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History (Naval Historical Center, 1985) p34</ref>
January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company, faced with bankruptcy because of the imminent abolition of the slave trade in British colonies, petitions the British government for purchase and transfer of its property to the Crown; Parliament approves the transfer on July 29, and it takes effect on January 1, 1808.<ref>Stephen Tomkins, The Clapham Sect: How Wilberforce's Circle Transformed Britain (Lion Books, 2012) p200</ref>
February 3 – Napoleonic Wars and Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Montevideo – The British Army captures Montevideo from the Spanish Empire, as part of the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
February 7 – Napoleon leads the forces of the French Empire in an invasion of the Russian Empire, and begins fighting at the Battle of Eylau against Russian and Prussian forces.<ref>William Hodgson, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Once Emperor of the French, who Died in Exile, at St. Helena, After a Captivity of Six Years' Duration (Orlando Hodgson, 1841) p384</ref>
February 8 – Battle of Eylau: Napoleon fights a hard but inconclusive battle against the Russians under Bennigsen.
February 10 – The Survey of the Coast (renamed the United States Coast Survey in 1836 and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878) is established; work begins on August 3, 1816.
February 17 – Henry Christopher is elected first President of the State of Haiti, ruling the northern part of the country.
February 19 – Burr conspiracy: In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy, but acquitted.
February 23 – The Slave Trade Act is passed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by an overwhelming majority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 2 – The United States Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves "into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country" (to take effect January 1, 1808).
March 25
- The United Kingdom Slave Trade Act becomes law abolishing the slave trade in most of the British Empire<ref name="BBC Slave">Template:Cite web</ref> with effect from 1 May (slavery itself is abolished in British colonies in 1833).
- The Swansea and Mumbles Railway in South Wales, at this time known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
March 29 – H. W. Olbers discovers the asteroid Vesta.

April–June

April 4–12 – Froberg mutiny: The British suppress a mutiny at Fort Ricasoli, Malta, by men of the irregularly-recruited Froberg Regiment.
April 14 – African Institution holds its first meeting in London; it is intended to improve social conditions in Sierra Leone.
May 22 – A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr for treason.
May 24 – Siege of Danzig ends after 6 weeks with Prussian and Russian defenders capitulating to French forces.
May 29 – Selim III, Ottoman Emperor since 1789, is deposed in favour of his nephew Mustafa IV.
May 31 – Primitive Methodism originates in an All Day of Prayer at Mow Cop, in the north midlands of England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 9 – The Duke of Portland is chosen as Prime Minister after the United Kingdom general election.
June 10 – The Battle of Heilsberg ends in a draw.
June 14 – Battle of Friedland: Napoleon decisively defeats Bennigsen's Russian army.
June 22 – Chesapeake–Leopard affair: British Royal Navy fourth rate Template:HMS attacks and boards United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake off Norfolk, Virginia, seeking deserters. This act of British aggression plays a role in the run-up to the War of 1812.

July–September

July 5 – A disastrous British attack is mounted against Buenos Aires, during the second failed invasion of the Río de la Plata.
July 7–9 – The Treaties of Tilsit are signed between France, Prussia and Russia. Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander I ally together against the British. The Prussians are forced to cede more than half their territory, which is formed into the Duchy of Warsaw in their former Polish lands, and the Kingdom of Westphalia in western Germany. The Free City of Danzig is also formed (established September 9 by Napoleon).
July 13 – With the death of Henry Benedict Stuart, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom, Jacobitism comes to an effective end.
July 20 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon Bonaparte for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
August 17 – The North River Steamboat, Robert Fulton's first American steamboat, leaves New York City for Albany on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
September 1 – Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason. He had been accused of plotting to annex parts of Louisiana and Mexico, to become part of an independent republic.
September 2–7 – Battle of Copenhagen: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets, to prevent the Dano-Norwegian navy from surrendering to Napoleon; 30% of the city is destroyed, and 2,000 citizens are killed.
September 7 – Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to China, arrives in Guangzhou (Canton).<ref>"Sketch of the Canton Protestant Mission", by Rev. John Chalmers, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, Volume 7 (American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1876) p174</ref>
September 13 – Beethoven's Mass in C major, Op. 86, is premiered, commissioned by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and displeasing him.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>
September 27 – Napoleon purchases the Borghese art collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris.<ref>Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900 (Yale University Press, 1982) p281</ref>

October–December

October 9 – 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, 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 and the 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 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>Template:Cite book</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, a trade embargo on all foreign nations.

Approximate date

Battle of Hingakaka between two factions of Māori people, the largest battle ever fought in New Zealand, and the last fought there without firearms.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1807 or 1808 is fought the Battle of Moremonui, first of the Musket Wars.