Napoleon enters Berlin through the Brandenburger Tor in 1806 (by Charles Meynier)
In the year 1806, the Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon (Jan 1), Lord Nelson is given a state funeral in London (Jan 9), British troops occupy the Cape of Good Hope (Jan 19), Andrew Jackson - the future president - kills a man in a duel (May 30), 16 German Imperial States leave the Holy Roman Empire, and form the Confederation of the Rhine (Jul 12), the last Holy Roman Emperor abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire after 844 years (Aug 6), Napoleon begins the War of the Fourth Coalition (Oct 8), French forces enter Berlin (Oct 24), and Warsaw (Nov 28), Noah Webster publishes his first American English dictionary - and all these fine people were born:
1806-xxxx William Tonks* British-New Zealand estate owner/arrived with his wife Jane in Wellington on the “Birman” in 1842 - Shropshire, England (1876/c.70) Find A Grave
1806-0127 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga* Basque composer/“the Spanish Mozart” - Bilbao, Biscay, Spain (1826/19)
1806-0128 Lewis W. Green* Presbyterian minister/educator/academic administrator - Danville, KY USA (1863/57)
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1806-0222 Bror Emil Hildebrand* archaeologist/ numismatist/museum director - Madesjö, Sweden (1884/78)
1806-0225 Emma Catherine Embury* author/poet - New York City, NY USA (1863/56)
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1806-0306 Elizabeth Barrett Browning* poet - Kelloe, Durham, England (1861/56)
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1806-0317 Norbert Lillieux* Louisiana Creole chemical engineer/inventor (multiple-effect evaporator) - New Orleans, Territory of Louisiana (1895/88)
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1806-0321 Benito Juárez* lawyer/folk hero/president of Mexico - San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, New Spain (1872/66)
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1806-0409 Isambard Kingdom Brunel* engineer/bridge builder - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (1859/53)
1806-0410 Leonidas Polk* planter/ bishop/second cousin of President James K. Polk - Raleigh, NC USA (1864/58)
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1806-0502 Helena Heikintytär Luoma** (Kuhna) mother of Juho Matinpoika Luoma - Ala-Kuhna, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (unknown)
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1806-0512 Johan Vilhelm Snellman* philosopher/statesman - Stockholm, Sweden (1881/75)
1806-0520 John Stuart Mill* philosopher/ political economist - Pentonville, Middlesex, England (1873/66)
1806-0523 Fredrik Wilhelm Knoblock* Swedish ornithologist/active in Lapland - Kristiansund, Norway (1874/68)
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1806-0612 John A. Roebling* engineer/ designer of the Brooklyn Bridge - Mühlhausen, Kingdom of Prussia (1869/63)
1806-0704 Augustus Chapman Allen* entrepreneur/co-founder of the city of Houston - Sullivan, NY USA (1864/57)
1806-0705 James Dawson* farmer/champion of Aboriginal interests in Australia - Bonnytown, Linlithgow, Scotland (1900/93)
1806-0817 Johann Kaspar Mertz* Austro-Hungarian guitarist/composer - Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (1856/50)
1806-0927 Eberhard Anheuser* German American soap and candle maker/co-founder of Anheuser-Busch - Kreuznach, First French Empire (1880/73)
1806-1011 Niels Kjærbølling* ornithological writer/lithographer - Dyndved, Als, Denmark (1871/64)
1806-1113 Emilia Plater* noblewoman/ revolutionary/“Lithuanian Joan of Arc”/ - Vilnius, Russian Empire (1831/25)
1806-1212 Stand Watie* leader of the Cherokee Nation/general in the Confederate States army - Calhoun, GA USA (1871/64)
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