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was a Leap Year Starting On Friday (see link for calendar).
- January 1 - Importation of Slaves into the United States is banned
- February - Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden , to join France , Denmark and Russia and attacks Finland .
- of New South Wales , disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the "Rum Corps") overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.
- February 2 - French troops occupy Papal States (Vatican)
- February 11 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.
- February 21 - Russia n troops cross border to Finland without Declaration Of War - the Finnish War begins
- March 2 - Russian troops occupy Helsinki and threaten Sveaborg
- March 11 - Russian troops occupy Tampere
- March 22 - Russian troops occupy Turku
- March 26 - Charles IV Of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII
- April 6 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company .
- April 16 - Troops under colonel Carl Von Döbeln clash with Russian troops in Pyhäjoki , Finland
- uprise against the French troops.
- May 3 :
- --- The fortress of Sveaborg is lost by Sweden to Russia , during the Finnish War .
- --- Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who uprose on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
- June 12 - Landing of Swedish troops to Ala-Lemu fails
- June 19 - Second landing of Swedish troops fails in Ala-Lemu
- June 22 - French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish irregular forces following the Battle Of Bailén .
- July 5 - Battle Of Buenos Aires - local Hispanic forces repel the British army.
- July 14 - Troops under colonel Adlercreutz force Russians to withdraw in Lapua
- August 10 - Troops under Carl Von Döbeln defeat Russian attack in Kauhajoki
- August 21 - British troops under Duke Of Wellington defeat French under General Junot at the Battle Of Vimiero
- September 29 - October 19 - Truce between Swedish and Russian troops in Finland
- November 19 - New truce ends fighting in Finland
- November 23 - French Marshal Lannes defeats a Spanish army at the Battle Of Tudela
- November - Swedish troops evacuate Finland . Tsar Alexander I Of Russia proclaims Finland a part of Russia .
- November - James Madison defeats Charles C. Pinckney in U.S. Presidential Election
- December - Napoleon invades Spain
- Occults Saturn . There are no observation records.
- December 22 - Ludwig Van Beethoven conducts and performs in a concert at the Theater An Der Wien , Vienna which features, among others, the premiere of his Fifth Symphony , Sixth Symphony , and Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself)
- January 19 - Lysander Spooner , American philosopher (d. 1887 )
- January 27 - David Strauss , German theologian (d. 1874 )
- February 5 - Carl Spitzweg , German painter (d. 1885 )
- February 26 - Honoré Daumier , French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879 )
- May 22 - Gérard De Nerval , French writer (d. 1855 )
- June 3 - Jefferson Davis , President Of The Confederate States (d. 1889 )
- June 17 - Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian author (d. 1845 )
- June 20 - Samson Raphael Hirsch , German rabbi (d. 1888 )
- July 9 - Alexander William Doniphan , American lawyer and military leader (d. 1887 )
- September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli , Italian writer (b. 1718 )
- October 6 - King Frederick VII Of Denmark (d. 1863 )
- October 20 - Karl Andree , German geographer (d. 1875 )
- November 1 - John Taylor , American religious leader (d. 1887 )
- November 2 - Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly , French writer (d. 1889 )
- December 29 - Andrew Johnson , 17th President Of The United States (d. 1875 )
- February 14 - John Dickinson , American lawyer and Governor Of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732 )
- March 13 - King Christian VII Of Denmark (b. 1749 )
- May 18 - Elijah Craig , American minister and inventor
- May 28 - Richard Hurd , English bishop and writer (b. 1720 )
- September 3 - John Montgomery , American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1722 )
- September 5 - John Home , Scottish writer (b. 1722 )
- September 6 - Louis-Pierre Anquetil , French historian (b. 1723 )
- September 17 - Benjamin Bourne , American politician (b. 1755 )
- November 10 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester , British soldier and Governor of Quebec (b. 1724 )
- November 17 - David Zeisberger , Moravian missionary (b. 1721 )
- Theophilus Lindsey , Theologian (b. 1723 )
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