1806 in History

Is buried in St Paul's Cathedral after the national funeral.

Captures Erfurt after the Battle of Jena

Konigsberg surrenders to Murat

Captures Prentzlau after the Battle of Jena

Captures Warsaw in pursuit of the Russians

Appointed Colonel of the 33rd Regiment

Orders the confiscation of British merchandise in French territory. Declares the British isles to be in a state of blockade

Palmerston was defeated in the election for the University of Cambridge constituency

Appointed Foreign Minister

Pitts supporters remain in opposition. Forms a coalition a "Ministry of all the talents"

Appointed Head of the Confederation

Nelson lies in state before his funeral.

Marries Kitty Pakenham, St George's Church, Dublin, Ireland

Moves to Harley St, Marylebone, London

Elected for Horsham but was unseated in January 1807, when the Whig majority in the Commons voted for a petition to unseat him

Elected Member of Parliament or Rye

Attends Nelson's funeral after serving beside him at Trafalgar.

Nelson is buried at St Paul's Cathedral.

After the Battle of Pultusk is awareded the Order of St. George of the Second Degree

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain after the death of his cousin William Pitt

Blücher's force is removed from active operations after capitulating at Lübeck.

Konigsberg surrenders to Murat

When the French arrived in Poland, the local people hailed them as liberators. The Russian general Bennigsen worried that French forces might cut him off from Buxhoevdens army, so he abandoned Warsaw and retreated to the right bank of the Vistula. French troops under Murat enter Warsaw

The French pursued the fleeing Russians from Warsaw and a significant battle developed around Pultusk. The result remained in doubt, but Bennigsen wrote to the Tsar that he had defeated 60,000 French troops, and as a result he gained overall command of the Russian armies in Poland

Receives a state funeral at St Paul's Cathedral.

Forces Blucher to surrender at Lubeck

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born in Portsea, Portsmouth, the son of engineer Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom.

Brunel's son Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born and later becomes a leading civil and mechanical engineer.

Dies after returning to France from captivity.

His last words are "oh, my Country! how I leave my Country"

Defeats the forces of Frederick William III

Prussia loses 25,000 killed & wounded & 25,000 taken prisoner. Prussia is forced to concede land west of the Elbe

Indecisive Battle in pursuit of the Russians

Prussia is defeated at Jena by the French

Commands a Prussian army which is defeated by Napoleon

Distimguishes himself at the Battle of Jena

Heads the pursuit of the Prussians

Defeats the Prussians before the arrival of the Russians

Fights at the Battle of Jena

Commands a division at Jena

Captured by Napoleon

Fights at the Battle of Pultusk

The Tsar awards Bennigsen command of the Russian Armies. Claims a Russian victory

The French pursued the fleeing Russians from Warsaw and a significant battle developed around Pultusk. The result remained in doubt, but Bennigsen wrote to the Tsar that he had defeated 60,000 French troops, and as a result he gained overall command of the Russian armies in Poland

Commands a division at Pultusk

Fights at the Battle of Pultusk