Page 3: Historical Events In 1806

Jul 07   Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education   

Jul 10   The Vellore Mutiny is the inaugural instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company   

Jul 11   James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 87   

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

Jul 15   Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest.   

Jul 20   John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian).   

Jul 23   Eduard Marxsen, composer.   

Aug 06   Holy Roman Empire ends   

Aug 06   Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire.   

Aug 06   Holy Roman empire officially ends.   

Aug 09   Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33.   

Aug 10   Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68.   

Aug 21   Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

Aug 23   Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

Sep 02   A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, results in the deaths of 500   

Sep 10   Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74.   

Sep 11   Joshua Blackwood Howell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864.   

Sep 12   Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863.   

Sep 12   Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58   

Sep 13   Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1862   

Sep 20   Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies   

Sep 23   Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest   

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

Sep 24   George Alexander Osborne, composer.   

Oct 06   Andreas Randel, composer.   

Oct 07   Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood   

Oct 08   British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve   

Oct 09   Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74   

Oct 09   Prussia declares war on France.   

Oct 11   Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58).   

Oct 14   Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians   

Oct 16   William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869.   

Oct 17   Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist.   

Oct 17   Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule   

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Jan 03   Henriette sontag: German soprano    

Jan 05   Andre h c van hasselt: Belgian poet (la belgium)   

Jan 14   Matthew fontaine maury: Naval commander (confederacy)   

Jan 14   Sir charles hotham: Governor of victoria    

Jan 17   James madison randolph: (jefferson's grandson) 1st born in white house   

Jan 19   Vaclav jindrich veit: Composer   

Jan 20   Nathaniel willis: Writer/editor/founder (american monthly mag)   

Jan 25   Daniel maclise: Irish painter   

Jan 23   William pitt: The younger, pm great britain (1783..1806),    

Feb 11   Vicente martin y soler: Composer,    

Feb 19   Elizabeth carter: English writer (b. 1717)   

Feb 20   Lachlan mcintosh: Scottish-born american military and political leader (b. 1725)   

Feb 23   John alcock: Composer,   

Feb 24   John nieuwenhuijzen: Theologist (society for general use),   

Mar 16   Giuseppe colla: Composer,   

Mar 17   David dale: Industrialist & philanthropist,