Today in History for October 1806

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 6 of 6

7th - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood
8th - British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
9th - Prussia declares war on France.
14th - Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
17th - Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule.
27th - The French Army enters in Berlin.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8

3rd - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d. 1850)
6th - Andreas Randel, composer
11th - Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58)
14th - Preston King, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 1865)
16th - William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869
17th - Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist
18th - John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861
25th - Max Stirner, [Johann C Schmidt], German philosopher (Der Einzige)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

14th - German writer, artist and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe marries mistress Christiane Vulpius in Weimar

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

9th - Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74
17th - Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
23rd - Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58
26th - John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
28th - Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (b. 1749)
31st - Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36