Jul 31 The first practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila

Jul 05 The Battle of Wagram ends in victory for the French but at a terrible cost: 23,000 French soldiers killed or wounded, 7,000 missing out of a 181,700-man army that includes 29,000 cavalrymen, while the Austrian army of 181,700 (4,600 cavalrymen) is forced to retreat after losing 19,110 killed or wounded, 6,740 missing

Jul 05 Napoleon annexes the Papal States Pope Pius VII is taken prisoner July 5 and will remain in custody until 1814

Mar 01 Embargo Act of 1807 repealed &Non-Intercourse Act signed

Mar 13 Seven Swedish army officers break into the royal apartments March 13, seize the insane Gustav IV in a coup d'état, and conduct him to the château of Gripsholm

Mar 04 Madison becomes first President inaugurated in American-made clothes

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