May 06 London announces a blockade of the European coast from Brest to the Elbe May 6 but permits ships from neutral nations to pass if they are not carrying goods to or from enemy ports

Jan 12 French evacuate Vienna

Jan 10 Dutch in Cape Town, South African surrender to the British

Jan 30 Prussia takes possession of Hanover

Jan 17 The first baby was born in the White House, the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson.

Jan 17 The first baby was born in the White House, the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson.

Jan 17 James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, becomes the first child born in the White House.

Jan 08 Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon

Jan 19 Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope

Jan 17 James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, becomes the first child born in the White House.

Jan 08 Cape colony becomes English colony

Apr 05 Isaac Quintard patents apple cider

Sep 23 The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration

Sep 02 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500

Jun 05 Batavian Republic becomes the Kingdom of Holland

Jun 27 Buenos Aires captured by British

Jun 05 The first trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)

Aug 06 Holy Roman Empire ends

Aug 06 Holy Roman empire officially ends

Oct 27 Napoleon occupies Berlin October 27 and proclaims a paper blockade of Britain November 21

Oct 14 Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians

Jul 03 Michael Keens exhibits first cultivated strawberry

Jul 12 The Holy Roman Empire that has existed since Christmas of 800 ends in the Confederation of the Rhine organized under French auspices

Mar 06 The birth of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet

Mar 23 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast