Explore 504 historical events from 1800–1809.
Selim III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the Janissaries, who placed his cous…
Selim III, Ottoman sultan (born 1761)
Lady Diana Beauclerk was an English noblewoman and celebrated artist.
Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (born 1734)
Vice-Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman was a Swedish Navy officer, shipwright and scientist. Serving as the manager of the Karlskrona shipyard from 1782 to 1793, Chapman has been c…
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (born 1721)
John Montgomery was an Irish-American merchant from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1782 until 1784. Montgomery was one …
John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (born 1722)
Louis-Pierre Anquetil was a French historian.
Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (born 1723)
Saverio Bettinelli was an Italian Jesuit priest and writer. He became known as a polymath, dramatist, polemicist, poet, and literary critic. He was a friend of some of the leading …
Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (born 1718)
Benjamin Bourne was a United States representative from Rhode Island, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and a Unit…
Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (born 1755)
John Claiborne was a son of Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812) and brother of Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856). He was a representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1…
John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forc…
Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of…
The Slave Trade Act 1807, or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. A…
The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire
A grand jury is a jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jur…
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason
Kabakçı Mustafa was a rebel leader who caused the delay of Ottoman reformation in the early 19th century.
Outbreak of the Kabakçı Mustafa rebellion in response to intentions of sultan Selim III to reform the Ottoman army
Mustafa IV was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808.
Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hu…
Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Ka
The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. In 1812, both sides made peace just as Napoleon's invasion of Russia was about to co…
Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime…
British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
Ludwig van Beethoven composed the Mass in C Major, Op. 86, to a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. The mass, scored for four vocal soloists, choir and orchestra,…
Beethoven's Mass in C major, Op. 86, is premiered, commissioned by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and displeasing him.
The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British fourth-rate HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS …
In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the…
Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aire
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is c…
In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers within the Second English Invasion.
The Treaties of Tilsit, also collectively known as the Peace of Tilsit, were two peace treaties signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermat…
The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the…
The Treaties of Tilsit, also collectively known as the Peace of Tilsit, were two peace treaties signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermat…
The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (died 1873)
James Findlay Schenck was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. His younger brother, Robert C. Schenck, was a …
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