Page 2: Historical Events In 1807

Feb 19   British squadron under Adm Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle   

Feb 19   British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelles   

Feb 19   Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later are discovered innocent   

Feb 23   Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 24   17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England   

Feb 25   George Alfred Trenholm, Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876   

Feb 27   Henry Longfellow, American poet is born   

Feb 27   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet was born.   

Feb 27   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland Maine, poet (Hiawatha).   

Mar 02   Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808.   

Mar 05   1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B.   

Mar 05   inaugural performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B   

Mar 07   Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)   

Mar 11   Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41   

Mar 18   British forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation.   

Mar 25   1st railway passenger service began in England   

Mar 25   British Parliament abolishes slave trade   

Mar 25   George Canning is recorded as becoming British minister of Foreign affairs.   

Mar 25   inaugural railway passenger service began in England   

Mar 25   Slave trade in England abolished by the British Parliament.   

Apr 01   Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic.   

Apr 01   Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69.   

Apr 04   Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies.   

Apr 09   John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45.   

Apr 24   Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862.   

May 01   John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army).   

May 11   Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello).   

May 15   Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer   

May 22   Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond VA (acquitted).   

May 22   Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Va (acquitted).   

May 22   Townsend Speakman inaugural sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)   

May 22   U S authorities arrest former vice president Aaron Burr February 19 in Alabama and bring him to trial May 22 at Richmond, Va , in a circuit court presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall of the Supreme Court Burr has apparently schemed to establish an independent nation comprised of Mexico and parts of the Louisiana Territory, but the court acquits him for lack of evidence.   

May 24   Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature.   

May 26   French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland.   

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Jan 02   Tomasz napoleon nidecki: Composer   

Jan 04   Baltasar saldoni: Composer   

Jan 06   Joseph holt: Bvt major general (union army), died in 1894   

Jan 06   Ludwig erk: Composer   

Jan 06   Jozef maximilián petzval: Slovak inventor   

Jan 11   Alfred eugene "mudwall" jackson: Brig general (confederate army)   

Jan 11   Ezra cornell: Founder (western union telegraph, cornell university)   

Jan 12   Jan t beelen: Dutch/belgian bible expert   

Jan 05   Michel adanson: French biologist (plant classes),    

Jan 12   Adriaan kluit: Dutch historian,   

Feb 05   Pasquale paoli: Corsican freedom fighter,    

Feb 06   John reid: Composer,    

Feb 18   August g meissner: German estheticus/literary,    

Feb 23   Francois guichard: Composer,   

Mar 04   Abraham baldwin: American politician (b. 1754)   

Mar 11   Anton eberl: Composer,