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  1. Beethoven

    Publishing the Erocia

    1806Vienna, Austria

    Beethoven, sympathetic to the ideal of the heroic revolutionary leader, originally gave the symphony the title "Bonaparte", but disillusioned by Napoleon declaring himself Emperor in 1804, he scratched Napoleon's name from the manuscript's title page, and the symphony was published in 1806 with its present title and the subtitle "to celebrate the memory of a great man." The Eroica was longer and larger in scope than any previous symphony. When it premiered in early 1805 it received a mixed reception. Some listeners objected to its length or misunderstood its structure, while others viewed it as a masterpiece.

  2. Robert Fulton

    Returning to the U.S.

    1806U.S.

    In 1806, Fulton returned to the United States.

  3. Napoleon

    Ottoman Emperor Selim III recognized Napoleon as Emperor

    Feb, 1806Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey)

    In February 1806, Ottoman Emperor Selim III recognized Napoleon as Emperor. He also opted for an alliance with France, calling France "our sincere and natural ally". That decision brought the Ottoman Empire into a losing war against Russia and Britain.

  4. Unification of Germany

    The defeat of Prussia at the joint battles of Jena-Auerstedt

    1806Berlin, Germany

    In 1806, after a successful invasion of Prussia and the defeat of Prussia at the joint battles of Jena-Auerstedt, Napoleon dictated the Treaty of Pressburg and presided over the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, which, inter alia, provided for the mediatization of over a hundred petty princes and counts and the absorption of their territories, as well as those of hundreds of imperial knights, by the Confederation's member-states.

  5. Sojourner Truth

    Charles Hardenbergh death

    1806Swartekill, New York, U.S.

    Charles Hardenbergh died in 1806.

  6. Sojourner Truth

    To John Neely

    1806near Kingston, New York, U.S.

    Nine-year-old Truth (known as Belle), was sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100 to John Neely, near Kingston, New York. Until that time, Truth spoke only Dutch. She later described Neely as cruel and harsh, relating how he beat her daily and once even with a bundle of rods.

  7. Holy Roman Empire

    The Confederation of the Rhine

    Saturday Jul 12, 1806Paris, France

    Napoleon reorganized much of the Empire into the Confederation of the Rhine, a French satellite. Francis' House of Habsburg-Lorraine survived the demise of the empire, continuing to reign as Emperors of Austria and Kings of Hungary until the Habsburg empire's final dissolution in 1918 in the aftermath of World War I. The Confederation of the Rhine ("Confederated States of the Rhine") was a confederation of client states of the First French Empire. It was formed initially from sixteen German states by Napoleon after he defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz. The Treaty of Pressburg, in effect, led to the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, which lasted from 1806 to 1813.

  8. Napoleon

    Confederation of the Rhine

    Saturday Jul 12, 1806Central Europe (Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and Poland)

    After Austerlitz, Napoleon established the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806.

  9. Abraham Lincoln

    Parents moved to Elizabethtown

    1806Elizabethtown, Kentucky, U.S.

    The heritage of Lincoln's mother Nancy remains unclear, but it is widely assumed that she was the daughter of Lucy Hanks. Thomas and Nancy married on June 12, 1806, in Washington County, and moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They had three children: Sarah, Abraham, and Thomas, who died an infant.

  10. Holy Roman Empire

    The empire was dissolved

    Wednesday Aug 6, 1806Holy Roman Empire

    The empire was dissolved on 6 August 1806, when the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (from 1804, Emperor Francis I of Austria) abdicated, following a military defeat by the French under Napoleon at Austerlitz.

  11. Napoleon

    Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

    Tuesday Oct 14, 1806Jena and Auerstedt, Germany

    Napoleon invaded Prussia with 180,000 troops, rapidly marching on the right bank of the River Saale. As in previous campaigns, his fundamental objective was to destroy one opponent before reinforcements from another could tip the balance of the war. Upon learning the whereabouts of the Prussian army, the French swung westwards and crossed the Saale with overwhelming force. At the twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt, fought on 14 October, the French convincingly defeated the Prussians and inflicted heavy casualties. With several major commanders dead or incapacitated, the Prussian king proved incapable of effectively commanding the army, which began to quickly disintegrate.

  12. Benjamin Banneker

    Death

    Sunday Oct 19, 1806Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.

    Banneker never married. Because of declining sales, his 1797 almanacs were the last that printers published. After selling much of his homesite to the Ellicotts and others, he probably died in his log cabin nine years later on October 19, 1806, aged 74.

  13. Napoleon

    Berlin Decree

    Friday Nov 21, 1806Berlin, Germany

    Following his triumph, Napoleon imposed the first elements of the Continental System through the Berlin Decree issued in November 1806. The Continental System, which prohibited European nations from trading with Britain, was widely violated throughout his reign.

  14. Unification of Italy

    The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Francis II

    Dec, 1806Slavkov u Brna, South Moravian, Czech Republic

    In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by the last emperor, Francis II, after its defeat by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars destroyed the old structures of feudalism in Italy.

  15. Beethoven

    Publishing the Erocia

    1806Vienna, Austria

    Beethoven, sympathetic to the ideal of the heroic revolutionary leader, originally gave the symphony the title "Bonaparte", but disillusioned by Napoleon declaring himself Emperor in 1804, he scratched Napoleon's name from the manuscript's title page, and the symphony was published in 1806 with its present title and the subtitle "to celebrate the memory of a great man." The Eroica was longer and larger in scope than any previous symphony. When it premiered in early 1805 it received a mixed reception. Some listeners objected to its length or misunderstood its structure, while others viewed it as a masterpiece.

  16. Robert Fulton

    Returning to the U.S.

    1806U.S.

    In 1806, Fulton returned to the United States.

  17. Napoleon

    Ottoman Emperor Selim III recognized Napoleon as Emperor

    Feb, 1806Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey)

    In February 1806, Ottoman Emperor Selim III recognized Napoleon as Emperor. He also opted for an alliance with France, calling France "our sincere and natural ally". That decision brought the Ottoman Empire into a losing war against Russia and Britain.

  18. Unification of Germany

    The defeat of Prussia at the joint battles of Jena-Auerstedt

    1806Berlin, Germany

    In 1806, after a successful invasion of Prussia and the defeat of Prussia at the joint battles of Jena-Auerstedt, Napoleon dictated the Treaty of Pressburg and presided over the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, which, inter alia, provided for the mediatization of over a hundred petty princes and counts and the absorption of their territories, as well as those of hundreds of imperial knights, by the Confederation's member-states.

  19. Sojourner Truth

    Charles Hardenbergh death

    1806Swartekill, New York, U.S.

    Charles Hardenbergh died in 1806.

  20. Sojourner Truth

    To John Neely

    1806near Kingston, New York, U.S.

    Nine-year-old Truth (known as Belle), was sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100 to John Neely, near Kingston, New York. Until that time, Truth spoke only Dutch. She later described Neely as cruel and harsh, relating how he beat her daily and once even with a bundle of rods.

  21. Holy Roman Empire

    The Confederation of the Rhine

    Saturday Jul 12, 1806Paris, France

    Napoleon reorganized much of the Empire into the Confederation of the Rhine, a French satellite. Francis' House of Habsburg-Lorraine survived the demise of the empire, continuing to reign as Emperors of Austria and Kings of Hungary until the Habsburg empire's final dissolution in 1918 in the aftermath of World War I. The Confederation of the Rhine ("Confederated States of the Rhine") was a confederation of client states of the First French Empire. It was formed initially from sixteen German states by Napoleon after he defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz. The Treaty of Pressburg, in effect, led to the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, which lasted from 1806 to 1813.

  22. Napoleon

    Confederation of the Rhine

    Saturday Jul 12, 1806Central Europe (Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and Poland)

    After Austerlitz, Napoleon established the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806.

  23. Abraham Lincoln

    Parents moved to Elizabethtown

    1806Elizabethtown, Kentucky, U.S.

    The heritage of Lincoln's mother Nancy remains unclear, but it is widely assumed that she was the daughter of Lucy Hanks. Thomas and Nancy married on June 12, 1806, in Washington County, and moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They had three children: Sarah, Abraham, and Thomas, who died an infant.

  24. Holy Roman Empire

    The empire was dissolved

    Wednesday Aug 6, 1806Holy Roman Empire

    The empire was dissolved on 6 August 1806, when the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (from 1804, Emperor Francis I of Austria) abdicated, following a military defeat by the French under Napoleon at Austerlitz.

  25. Napoleon

    Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

    Tuesday Oct 14, 1806Jena and Auerstedt, Germany

    Napoleon invaded Prussia with 180,000 troops, rapidly marching on the right bank of the River Saale. As in previous campaigns, his fundamental objective was to destroy one opponent before reinforcements from another could tip the balance of the war. Upon learning the whereabouts of the Prussian army, the French swung westwards and crossed the Saale with overwhelming force. At the twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt, fought on 14 October, the French convincingly defeated the Prussians and inflicted heavy casualties. With several major commanders dead or incapacitated, the Prussian king proved incapable of effectively commanding the army, which began to quickly disintegrate.

  26. Benjamin Banneker

    Death

    Sunday Oct 19, 1806Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.

    Banneker never married. Because of declining sales, his 1797 almanacs were the last that printers published. After selling much of his homesite to the Ellicotts and others, he probably died in his log cabin nine years later on October 19, 1806, aged 74.

  27. Napoleon

    Berlin Decree

    Friday Nov 21, 1806Berlin, Germany

    Following his triumph, Napoleon imposed the first elements of the Continental System through the Berlin Decree issued in November 1806. The Continental System, which prohibited European nations from trading with Britain, was widely violated throughout his reign.

  28. Unification of Italy

    The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Francis II

    Dec, 1806Slavkov u Brna, South Moravian, Czech Republic

    In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by the last emperor, Francis II, after its defeat by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars destroyed the old structures of feudalism in Italy.