1807 – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי

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1807

Events

January–March

February – Napoleon attacks Russia.
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 – Battle of Eylau: Napoleon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition.
February 8 – Battle of Eylau: Napoleon fights a hard, but inconclusive battle against the Russians under Bennigsen.
February 10 – The United States Coast Survey 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 – In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy but acquitted.
March 2 – The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the 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 1 January 1808).
March 25
- The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. (Slavery is abolished 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.

1807 – מילון אנגלי-עברי