1807 in History

Steps down in favor of Mustapha IV. Carrys out reforms but the military Janissaries & reactionary "Ulema" Council remain

Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term, given key responsibilities for the countrys diplomacy in the Napoleonic Wars

After defeat at the Battle of Friedland Czar Alexander sent an envoy to seek an armistice with the French

Arrested by the Jannissaries

Junot captures Lisbon

Wellingtons brigade captures Lyngby, Denmark

Captures Tilsit after which the Russians agree to a truce

Appointed Chief Minister of Prussia

Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland

Appointed Commander in Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France

Appointed Commander in Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France

Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal

The Tribunate is abolished leaving Napoleon in total power

The Treaty of Tilsit ended war between Imperial Russia and the French Empire and began an alliance between the two empires that rendered the rest of continental Europe almost powerless. The two countries secretly agreed to aid each other in disputes. France pledged to aid Russia against Ottoman Turkey while Russia agreed to join the Continental System against the British Empire

after the refusal of the Prince Regent, John VI of Portugal, to join the Continental System, Napoleon sent an army into Spain under General Jean-Andoche Junot with the task of invading Portugal

Answers Napoleon's decree by British Order in Council closing coastal waters to France

Palmerston stood again for the Cambridge seat in May but he lost by three votes after he advised his supporters to vote for the other Tory candidate in the two-member constituency so as to ensure a Tory was elected

Palmerston enters Parliament as Tory MP for the pocket borough of Newport on the Isle of Wight

The Embargo Act halts most foreign trade in an unsuccessful effort to protect neutral rights.

Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term, given key responsibilities for the countrys diplomacy in the Napoleonic Wars

French corps under Ney decisively defeat a Prussian army during Napoleon's Friedland campaign

Appointed Head of the Confederation, 1st term

Under the Tilsit settlement, Danzig becomes a nominally free city under French influence.

Under the 2nd Treaty of Tilsit Danzig becomes a free city

Under the 2nd Treaty of Tilsit Danzig becomes a free city

Joins the Danish expedition

Wellingtons brigade is the 1st to secure a beachhead

Wellington informs his superiors he has cleared Zealand of resistance

The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen

Appointed Commander in Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France

Begins the invasion of Portugal

Junot captures Lisbon

Sent to Portugal with 10,000 men

after the refusal of the Prince Regent, John VI of Portugal, to join the Continental System, Napoleon sent an army into Spain under General Jean-Andoche Junot with the task of invading Portugal

Appointed 2nd-in-Command to Wellington

Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal

Sets sail from Cork in Ireland for Portugal

Wellington reaches Coruna in Portugal

Napoleon sends an army into Spain under Jean-Andoche Junot to invade Portugal, after the refusal of Prince Regent John VI to join the Continental System

Royal Assent is given to an Act abolishing slavery

The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent

Appointed Lieutenant General

Appointed Lieutenant General

Palmerston enters Parliament as Tory MP for the pocket borough of Newport on the Isle of Wight

After the battle of Eylau awarded Order of St. Andrew, the highest order in the Russian empire

Alexander meets Napoleon on a raft in the River Neman to begin peace negotiations.

Frederick William attends the peace discussions between Napoleon & Alexander

Napoleon & Alexander discuss peace after the Battle of Friedland

Created Grand Duke of Berg & Cleves

Created Grand Duke of Berg & Cleves

The block-making plant is judged capable of meeting the Royal Navy's full requirement for pulley blocks.

Appointed President of Haiti, the independent southern part of the island

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term

Royal Assent is given to an Act abolishing slavery

The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent

Grenvilles "Ministry of all talents" collapses after failure to emancipate Catholics

Napoleon created French client states, which were formalized and recognized at Tilsit: the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig. Some territory is awarded to Russia.

Napoleon not only cemented his control of Central Europe but also had Russia and the truncated Prussia ally with him against his two remaining enemies, Great Britain and Sweden, triggering the Anglo-Russian and Finnish War

The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed with Prussia on 9 July.

The treaties were made at the expense of the Prussian king, who had already agreed to a truce on 25 June after the Grande Armee had pursued him to the easternmost frontier of his realm.

Napoleon created French client states, which were formalized and recognized at Tilsit: the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig. Some territory is awarded to Russia.

Napoleon not only cemented his control of Central Europe but also had Russia and the truncated Prussia ally with him against his two remaining enemies, Great Britain and Sweden, triggering the Anglo-Russian and Finnish War

The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed with Prussia on 9 July.

The treaties were made at the expense of the Prussian king, who had already agreed to a truce on 25 June after the Grande Armee had pursued him to the easternmost frontier of his realm.

Napoleon created French client states, which were formalized and recognized at Tilsit: the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig. Some territory is awarded to Russia.

Napoleon not only cemented his control of Central Europe but also had Russia and the truncated Prussia ally with him against his two remaining enemies, Great Britain and Sweden, triggering the Anglo-Russian and Finnish War

The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed with Prussia on 9 July.

The treaties were made at the expense of the Prussian king, who had already agreed to a truce on 25 June after the Grande Armee had pursued him to the easternmost frontier of his realm.

The Tilsit settlement strips Prussia of territories west of the Elbe as Napoleon reorganises central Europe.

A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, an essay summarizing the evidence, is published by Wilberforce and forms the basis for the final phase of the campaign

Charles Grey moves for a second reading in the Commons, as tributes are made to Wilberforce, who had laboured for the cause during the preceding twenty years, the bill was carried by 283 votes to 16

The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent

The Treaty of Tilsit ended war between Imperial Russia and the French Empire and began an alliance between the two empires that rendered the rest of continental Europe almost powerless. The two countries secretly agreed to aid each other in disputes. France pledged to aid Russia against Ottoman Turkey while Russia agreed to join the Continental System against the British Empire

Alexander I meets Napoleon at Tilsit and agrees to peace and alliance terms after Russian defeat.

Alexander recognises Napoleon's dominant position in central and western Europe under the Treaty of Tilsit.

Alexander and Napoleon conclude peace between Russia and France at Tilsit.

Alexander accepts the drastic reduction of Prussia imposed by Napoleon at Tilsit.

Russia agrees to mediate between Britain and France as part of the Tilsit settlement.

The settlement leaves Russia free to act against Sweden, contributing to the conquest of Finland in 1808-1809.

Alexander secures Russian interests in eastern Europe while entering an uneasy partnership with Napoleon.

Alexander accepts the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw and Kingdom of Westphalia under the Napoleonic settlement.

Bennigsen had met with the crushing defeat of Friedland. The direct consequence of which is the Treaty of Tilsit

Gives Russia free hand in Sweden, Annexing the grand Duchy of Finland 1809

The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon I of France, when they met on a raft in the middle of the Neman River

The second Tilsit treaty imposes severe territorial losses on Prussia and creates the Duchy of Warsaw.

Russia signs a Treaty with France breaking the Anglon alliance against France

Prussia's Army is reduced to 42,000. Prussia loses most of its Polish territory to the grand Duchy of Warsaw. Prussia loses half of its territory west of the River Elbe to France. Danzig becomes a free city

Prussia loses most of its Polish territory which goes to the Duchy of Warsaw. Prussia loses its territory west of the River Elbe to France. Danzig becomes a free city

Napoleon I & Alexander I agree areas of interest. French control in central & western Europe & Russian Baltic control are recognised

Napoleon I & Alexander I cease hostilities

Napoleon created French client states, which were formalized and recognized at Tilsit: the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig. Some territory is awarded to Russia.

Napoleon not only cemented his control of Central Europe but also had Russia and the truncated Prussia ally with him against his two remaining enemies, Great Britain and Sweden, triggering the Anglo-Russian and Finnish War.

The Treaty of Tilsit ended war between Imperial Russia and the French Empire and began an alliance between the two empires that rendered the rest of continental Europe almost powerless.

The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed with Prussia on 9 July.

The treaties were made at the expense of the Prussian king, who had already agreed to a truce on 25 June after the Grande Armee had pursued him to the easternmost frontier of his realm.

The two countries secretly agreed to aid each other in disputes. France pledged to aid Russia against Ottoman Turkey while Russia agreed to join the Continental System against the British Empire

Birth of Count Lajos Batthy ny de N‚metpounds jv r

Birth of Guisseppe Garibaldi

Birth of Robert Edward Lee

Claims his rockets have caused 1 million pounds worth of damage

Wellingtons brigade is reponsible defending supply lines

The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen

A fierce struggle ensued, made worse by a blinding snowstorm on the battlefield. The French found themselves in dire straits until a massed cavalry charge, made by 10,700 troopers formed in 80 squadrons, relieved the pressure on the centre.

Davouts arrival meant the attack on the Russian left could commence, but the assault was blunted when a Prussian force under Lestoq suddenly appeared on the battlefield and, with Russian help, threw the French back.

Ney came too late to effect any meaningful decision, so Bennigsen retreated. Casualties at this indecisive battle were horrific, perhaps 25,000 on each side. The lack of a decisive victory by either side meant that the war would go on

The Russians fought Soults corps for possession of Eylau. Daybreak on February 8 saw 44,500 French troops on the field against 67,000 Russians. Napoleon hoped to pin Bennigsens army long enough to allow Neys and Davouts troops to outflank the Russians.

Murat saves the day at Eylau & checks the Russian advance. Helps Napoleon defeat Russian forces under Bennigsen with 18,000 cavalry

Defeats the Russian forces under Bennigsen in east Prussia

Fights at the Battle of Eylau

Fights at the Battle of Eylau

Napoleon defeats the Russian army at Friedland, forcing Alexander to seek peace.

The advance guard of Marshal Lannes reported seeing large numbers of Russian troops at the town of Friedland. Both sides engaged one another for the remainder of the day with no result. Crucially, Bennigsen believed he had enough time to cross the Alle the following day, to destroy the isolated units of Lannes, and to withdraw back across the river without ever encountering the main French army

Benningsen was trapped and had to fight. Having thrown all of his pontoon bridges at or near the bottleneck of the village of Friedland, Benningsen had unwittingly trapped his troops on the west bank.

Both sides now used their cavalry freely to cover the formation of lines of battle, and a race between the rival squadrons for the possession of Heinrichsdorf ended in favor of the French under Grouchy and Nansouty.

Lannes held Benningsen in place until the French had massed 80,000 troops on the left bank of the river.

The French engaged the Russians first in the Sortlack Wood and in front of Posthenen in the early hours of the 14th.

The Russians suffered heavy losses in the disorganized retreat over the river

After defeat at the Battle of Friedland Czar Alexander sent an envoy to seek an armistice with the French

Drives the Russians under the command of Bennigsen into Friedland

Seeing large numbers of Russian troops at the town of Friedland. Both sides engaged one another for the remainder of the day with no result

Fights at the Battle of Friedland

Russian forces resist Napoleon at Heilsberg shortly before the decisive defeat at Friedland.

After several months of recuperating from Eylau, Napoleon ordered the Grande Armee on the move once again.

In fact, the French ran into the entire Russian army of over 50,000 men and 150 artillery guns.

Learning that the Russians had encamped at their operational base in the town of Heilsberg, by the Alle River, Napoleon decided to conduct a general assault in the hopes of dislodging what he thought was the rearguard of the Russian army.

Repeated and determined attacks by the French failed to dislocate the Russians, who were fighting inside elaborate earthworks designed to prevent precisely the kind of river crossing Napoleon was attempting. French casualties soared to 10,000 while the Russians lost about 6,000.

The Russians eventually withdrew from Heilsberg as their position became untenable, prompting Napoleon to chase after them once again

Helps the French to an indecisive victory over the Russians

Repels the Russians who retreat North

Wellingtons brigade drives away a Danish force of 4,000

French corps under Ney decisively defeat a Prussian army during Napoleon's Friedland campaign