In history, year 1807 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1807.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1807:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 03 february | Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom captured Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay, from the Spanish Empire. |
| 19 february | Former U.S. Vice-President Aaron Burr was arrested for treasonafter having raised a private army to allegedly create an independentnation in Spanish Texas. |
| 25 march | The Slave Trade Act became law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. |
| 29 march | Swedish settlers founded New Sweden near Delaware Bay, the first Swedish colony in America. |
| 22 june | The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake in the belief that the latter had deserters from the Royal Navy. |
| 20 july | French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patentfor their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustionengines. |
| 17 august | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat, the world's firstcommercially successful paddle steamer, went into service on the HudsonRiver in New York. |
| 02 september | The British Royal Navy began their bombardment of Copenhagen tocapture the Dano-Norwegian navy. |
| 22 december | In an effort to avoid engaging in the Napoleonic Wars, the United States Congress passed the Embargo Act, forbidding American ships from engaging in trade with foreign nations. |
| 02 March | The US Congress passed a law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the country. This was an important step towards the abolition of slavery. |
| 25 March | The first passenger rail service started in England. |
| 17 February | Henry Christopher was elected the first President of the State of Haiti. |
| 19 February | In Alabama, a conspiracy against former United States Vice President Aaron Burr was tried, but proved innocent. |
| 29 March | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers traced the Asteroid Vesta. |
| 27 April | The French army captured Danzig after a 6-week siege. |
| 31 May | The primitive Methodist had grown up in the northern Midlands of England for a full day. |
| 09 June | The Duke of Portland won the United Kingdom general election. |
| 20 July | After successfully powering a boat upstream on the Saone River in France, Nicéphores Niepa was patented by Napoleon Bonaparte for Pyrélophore, the world's first internal combustion engine. |
| 17 August | The North River Steamboat, Robert Fulton's first American steamboat, was abandoned in New York City, Albany on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat boat service in the world. |
| 04 September | Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to China, arrived in Guangzhou. |
| 13 October | The Geological Society of London was founded. |
| 29 November | The Portuguese Queen María and Court are bound for Brazil on Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro became the Portuguese capital. |
| 22 December | The United States Congress passed the sanctions law. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1807:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 March | Wilford Woodruff / Religious Leader / United States of America |
| 01 July | Thomas Green Clemson / Politician / United States of America |
| 03 February | Joseph E. Johnston / Politician / United States of America |
| 03 April | Mary Carpenter / Educational / United Kingdom |
| 04 July | Giuseppe Garibaldi / Politician / Italy |
| 04 October | Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine / Politician / Canada |
| 06 January | Joseph Petzval / Mathematician / Germany |
| 07 September | Henry Sewell / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 08 February | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins / Zoologistet / United Kingdom |
| 09 April | James Bannerman / Academic / Scotland |
| 09 September | Richard Chenevix Trench / Philologist / Ireland |
| 11 January | Ezra Cornell / Business Man / United States of America |
| 11 August | David Rice Atchison / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 11 June | James F. Schenck / Admiral / United States of America |
| 12 June | Ante Kuzmanić / Journalist / Croatia |
| 15 August | Jules Grévy / Politician / France |
| 16 November | Jónas Hallgrímsson / Author / Iceland |
| 16 January | Charles Henry Davis / Admiral / United States of America |
| 27 February | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Poet / United States of America |
| 28 May | Louis Agassiz / Geologist / United States of America |
