WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1807
Find out what all happened January to December 1807

In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake. (22. June 1807)

The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson. (22. December 1807)

Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. (14. June 1807)

Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France. (20. July 1807)

Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire. (22. May 1807)

The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops. (27. November 1807)

The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country. (2. March 1807)

A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay. (3. February 1807)

The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. (25. March 1807)

The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia. (9. July 1807)

Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System. (17. December 1807)

Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert. (19. February 1807)

Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition. (7. July 1807)

The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. (2. September 1807)

Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York, New York, for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. (17. August 1807)

The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world. (25. March 1807)

Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos. (29. June 1807)

Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals. (28. June 1807)

The Harwich ferry disaster occurred near the North Sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast (England) in which 60-90 people drowned during the capsizing of a small ferry boat. (18. April 1807)

Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Bennigsen. (8. February 1807)