1777


Sep 8
1777 American Revolution: After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation in the temporary American capital at York, Pennsylvania.

1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 Action of 16 October 1799: A Spanish treasure convoy worth more than £600,000 is captured by the British Royal Navy off Vigo.

1802


Jan 6
Age: 24y
1802 • A general amnesty signed by Napoleon Bonaparte allows all but about 1,000 of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the various factions of the Ancien Régime that ultimately consolidates his own rule.

1804


Jun 27
Age: 26y
1804 Samuel Taylor Coleridge aboard The Speedwell sails to the Mediterranean

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y
1805 Napoleonic WarsBattle of Trafalgar: British naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain; however, Admiral Nelson is fatally shot.

1807


Nov 30
Age: 30y
1807 Battle of Eylau: Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition.

1809


Nov 2
Age: 32y
1809 • The city of La Paz (current Bolivia) declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.

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