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1806 (MDCCCVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1806th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 806th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1800s decade. As of the start of 1806, the Gregorian calendar is 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which is currently in localized use.
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Events
January–March
- January 1
- The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
- The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon.
- January 5 – The body of British naval leader Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital, London, prior to his funeral.
- January 8 – Battle of Blaauwberg: British infantry force troops of the Batavian Republic in the Dutch Cape Colony to withdraw.
- January 9
- The Dutch commandant of Cape Town surrenders to British forces. On January 10, formal capitulation is signed under the Treaty Tree in Papendorp (modern-day Woodstock).
- Lord Nelson is given a state funeral and interment at St Paul's Cathedral in London, attended by the Prince of Wales.[1]
- January 18 – The Dutch Cape Colony capitulates to British forces, the origin of its status as a colony within the British Empire.
- January 23
- Following the death of William Pitt the Younger, Lord Grenville succeeds his cousin as wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Invasion of Naples: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies flees to the Kingdom of Sicily under British protection.[2]
- February 6 – Battle of San Domingo: The British Royal Navy gains a victory over the French off Santo Domingo.
- February 15 – Invasion of Naples: Joseph Bonaparte enters Naples.[3]
- March 23 – Explorers Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery, having reached the Pacific Ocean after traveling through the Louisiana Purchase, begin their journey home.
- March 28 – Washington College (modern-day Washington & Jefferson College) is chartered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.[4]
- March 29 – Construction is authorized of the National Road, the first United States federal highway.
- March 30 – The Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples is proclaimed.[3]
April–June
- April 8 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, adopted daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte, marries Prince Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden.
- April 25 – Rana Bahadur Shah is killed by his step-brother Sher Bahadur Shah in the late night meeting which triggers the two weeks' long Bhandarkhal garden massacre in Khatmandu.
- May 30 – Future President of the United States Andrew Jackson fights his second duel, killing a man who had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
- June 5 – Louis Bonaparte is appointed as King of Holland by his brother, Emperor Napoleon, replacing the Batavian Republic.
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1994). Nelson: A Personal History. p. 382.
- ^ Davis, John (2006). Naples and Napoleon: Southern Italy and the European Revolutions, 1780–1860. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198207559.
- ^ a b Abbott, John S. C. (1869). A History of Joseph, King of Naples. New York: Harper.
- ^ Coleman, Helen Turnbull Waite (1956). Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 210. OCLC 2191890.