1806

Years:
1803 1804 1805 - 1806 - 1807 1808 1809

Decades:
1770s 1780s 1790s - 1800s - 1810s 1820s 1830s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1806 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

Contents

1 Events

Events

January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony
January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British
January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope
February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806
March 23 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their journey home.
March 29 - Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
April 8 - Marriage of Stephanie de Beauharnais to Prince Karl Ludwig Friedrich.
July 4 - Battle of Maida between England and France in Calabria
July 15 - Pike expedition: Near St. Louis, Missouri, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike leads an expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine to explore the west.
August 6 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire.
October 14 - Battle of Jena-Auerst�dt
November - Napoleon declares a Continental Blockade against the British
November 15 - Pike expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it was later named Pikes Peak in his honor).
Noah Webster publishes his first American English dictionary.