Historical Events In 1806

Jan 05   Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Cape colony becomes English colony on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Dutch in Cape Town, South African surrender to the British in the year 1806.   

Jan 10   Dutch in Capetown surrender to British on this day in history.   

Jan 12   French evacuate Vienna on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1806 matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy)   

Jan 17   On this day in history james Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House   

Jan 17   James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, becomes the first child born in the White House on this day in history.   

Jan 17   The first baby was born in the White House, the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson in the year 1806.   

Jan 19   Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1806 britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope   

Jan 19   In the year 1806 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

Jan 20   Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) on this day in history.   

Jan 23   William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46 in the year 1806.   

Jan 25   Daniel Maclise, Irish painter in the year 1806.   

Jan 30   On this day in history prussia takes possession of Hanover   

Feb 11   On this day in history vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51   

Feb 14   Lajos, Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49) on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1806 john Alcock, composer, dies at 90   

Feb 24   On this day in history john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81   

Mar 06   In the year 1806 elizabeth Barrett-Browning, Coxhoe Hall England, poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)   

Mar 06   The birth of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57) on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner) in the year 1806.   

Mar 17   David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history josef Slavik, composer   

Mar 28   Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66) in the year 1806.   

Mar 29   On this day in history construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)   

Jan 05   Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) was born in the year 1806.   

Jan 14   Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1806 birth of sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)   

Jan 17   James Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

Jan 20   In the year 1806 birth of nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)   

Jan 25   Daniel Maclise, Irish painter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1806 william Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46   

Feb 11   Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) died in the year 1806.   

Feb 20   Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725) died in the year 1806.   

Feb 23   In the year 1806 john Alcock, composer, dies at 90   

Feb 24   John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies in the year 1806.