Important Historical Events of the year 1806, Year 1806 in History

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List of 1806 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1806

What happened in the year 1806?

Date	Event
January 1, 1806	The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
January 8, 1806	The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg.
January 9, 1806	Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
January 18, 1806	Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
January 30, 1806	The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
February 6, 1806	Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
March 23, 1806	After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
March 29, 1806	Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
April 21, 1806	Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
May 30, 1806	Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
June 27, 1806	British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
July 10, 1806	The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
July 12, 1806	At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
July 15, 1806	Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
July 18, 1806	A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
August 6, 1806	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.
August 12, 1806	Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
August 13, 1806	Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
September 2, 1806	A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
October 9, 1806	Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
October 14, 1806	War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
October 17, 1806	Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
October 27, 1806	The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
October 30, 1806	War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
November 15, 1806	Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is later named Pikes Peak in his honor.
December 26, 1806	Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.