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Napoleonic Timeline of 1807

January 1807

1st January 1807 – Napoleon 1st met Maria Walewska for the first time.

5 January 1807 – The city of Breslau [nowadays Wrocław] surrendered.

7 January 1807 – The British government reacted to the Berlin decree of 21 November 1806 by blocking all ports of France and French colonies.

10 January 1807 ‒ The siege of Schweidnitz by Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme began.

13 January 1807 – Poland was entirely evacuated by the Russians. From Warsaw [Warszawa], Napoleon decreed that: The bridge built over the Seine opposite the Champ-de-Mars, in Paris, would be called the Pont d'Iéna .

29 January 1807 – End of winter quarters for the French army.

30 January 1807 – Napoleon left Warsaw.

February 1807

8 February 1807 – Battle of Preussisch-Eylau.

A pond, south of Lampasch
Battlefield of Preussisch-Eylau: a pond south of Lampasch [nowadays Nadezhdino]

12 February 1807 – Fight of Marienwerder.

15 February 1807 – The city of Schwednitz was taken by French army.

16 February 1807 – Battle of Ostrolenka.

19 February 1807 – Fight of Neugardt.

24 February 1807 – Battle of Glatz [today Kłodzko], which ended up capitulating to General Vandamme.

25 February 1807 – Fight of Peterswald.

26 February 1807 – Taking of Braunsberg.

March 1807

6 March 1807 – Fight of Wittemburg.

7 March 1807 – Fight of Zecheren.

12 March 1807 – Start of the siege of Danzig [today Gdansk].

20 March 1807 – Five legions of reserves were created, composed of conscripts from 1808; they had to defend the borders and coasts of the French Empire.

April 1807

1st April 1807 – The Castle of Finckenstein  [53.76722, 19.37544], in East Prussia [todau in Poland] became the headquarters of Napoleon.

Ruines of Finckenstein Castle
The ruins of Finckenstein Castle

7 April 1807 – Class 1808 (80,000 men) was called in advance.

15 April 1807 – From Napoleon 1 to Joseph Fouché: We must give the public a firmer direction... There is no question of talking incessantly about peace. This is the good way not to have it, but to implement protective measures on all points.

25 April 1807 – A new alliance was signed between the King Frederick William III of Prussia and the Emperor Alexander I of Russia at Bartenstein. They undertook not to deal with Napoleon before France has been reduced to the boundary of the river Rhine.

27 April 1807 ‒ The Emperor received the Persian ambassador, Mirza Rezay, at Finckenstein .

May 1807

4 May 1807 – A pact of friendship was signed at Finckenstein between France and Persia.

17 May 1807 – The sword of Frederick the Great solemnly entered the Invalides in Paris.

26 May 1807 – City of Danzig surrendered to Marshal Lefebvre.

June 1807

6 June 1807 – Napoleon left Finckenstein and entered into campaign.

14 June 1807 – Battle of Friedland.

The river Alle upstream from Friedland
The river Alle [nowadays Lava] upstream of Friedland [Pravdinsk]

16 June 1807 – French entered Königsberg [nowadays Kaliningrad] .

19 June 1807 – Arrival of Napoleon at Tilsit [Sovetsk].

21 June 1807 – A one-month truce with Russia was signed in Tilsit.

25 June 1807 – Two Emperors Napoleon and Alexander I met on a raft in the middle of the river Niemen .

28 June 1807 – King of Prussia arrived in Tilsit.

29 June 1807 – The three monarchs held a friendly conference.

July 1807

4 July 1807 – In the Mercure de France (a french newspaper): In vain Nero prospers... Tacitus is already born in the Empire, signed: François-René de Chateaubriand.

6 July 1807 – The Queen Louise of Prussia arrived at her turn at Tilsit; she was received by Napoleon .

8 July 1807 – The Peace Treaty of Tilsit and a Franco-Russian alliance were signed.

9 July 1807 – Napoleon I left Tilsit.

21 July 1807 – Prefects of the French Empire were ranked by results obtained in hunting for draft evaders.

22 July 1807 – The Great-Duchy of Warsaw was created.

27 July 1807 – Return of Napoleon at Saint-Cloud.

29 July 1807 – An army of 20,000 men was gathered in Bayonne (Southwest France) in order to invade Portugal, which was still trading with England.

August 1807

9 August 1807 – Talleyrand left the Foreign Ministry.

11 August 1807 – The King of Denmark received from the British government summons to join the anti-French coalition.

15 August 1807 – A Te Deum was sung at Notre-Dame-de-Parise , on the occasion of Napoleon's bithday and to celebrate peace, Napoleon himself attending.

18 August 1807 – Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest brother, was named King of Westphalia.

19 August 1807 – The Tribunat was removed by Senatus consultum. Its powers were transferred to the Legislative Corps.

22 August 1807 ‒ Wedding of Jérôme Bonaparte and Princess Catharina of Württemberg .

27 August 1807 – Note of Napoleon to Emmanuel Crétet, Minister of Interior: Caring for the Imperial Library, first by organizing it. We need a leader for all.

September 1807

2nd September 1807 – Bombing of Copenhagen [København] by the English .

3rd September 1807 – The interest rate of money was limited by law to five percent in civil and six per cent in trade.

7 September 1807 – Copenhagen surrendered to the English.

11 September 1807 – The french Commercial Code was published.

14 September 1807 – Surrender of the British expeditionary force in Egypt to Muhammad Ali.

16 September 1807 – The Court of Auditors was created in Paris.

October 1807

10 October 1807 – A treaty outlining the boundaries between the Austrian provinces and the Kingdom of Italy was signed.

12 October 1807 – General Jean-Andoche Junot was ordered to cross the Spanish border, within twenty-four hours, and to invade Portugal.

14 October 1807 – Napoleon established measures to be taken by allies of France in order to maintain the continental blockade.

15 October 1807 – From Napoleon to the ambassador of Portugal: If Portugal does not do what I want, the House of Braganza will no longer reign in Europe in two months.

17 October 1807 – The French army entered Spain after crossing the Pyrenees Mountains.

20 October 1807 – The British evacuated Copenhagen, but took the Danish fleet. Portugal officially declared war to England.

22 October 1807 – A secret alliance was concluded between Portugal and England.

27 October 1807 – A secret treaty of Fontainebleau between France and Spain planned the sharing of Portugal.

November 1807

1st November 1807 – A Superintendent of entertainment was created; the four main theaters of the capital would be under his authority.

11 November 1807 – An English government injunction required all neutral ships to pass through England before landing on the continent.

13 November 1807 ‒ General Pierre Dupont de l'Etang  entered Spain with an army of 25,000 men.

16 November 1807 – Napoleon I left for Milan [Milano].

23 November 1807 – In Milan he took the following decree: Any ship, under any flag whatever, having been visited by English or having entered a port in England, will be considered as English and treated as such.

29 November 1807 – Prince Regent of Portugal and his family boarded for Brazil on a British ship.

30 November 1807 – The French entered Lisbon [Lisboa].

December 1807

3rd December 1807 – The twenty richest merchants and bankers of Lisbon subscribed to a forced loan of two million Cruzadas.

14 December 1807 – Inauguration of the French flag in Lisbon, which caused a popular riot.

19 December 1807 ‒ Occupation of Livorno by General Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis  and the French army.

20 December 1807 ‒ Eugène de Beauharnais became Prince of Venice [Venezia].

22 December 1807 ‒ The United States of America declared an embargo on French and English vessels and products.

23 December 1807 – Portugal was imposed a contribution of one hundred million Francs.

Sources

This page has as its main source the Napoleonic chronology established by Gérard Walter for his edition of The Memorial of Saint Helena, in the French classics series La Pléiade, published by the Éditions Gallimard, Paris.