1807 in Germany

1807 in Germany
Events from the year 1807 in Germany saw a major battle in Danzig and the loss of a third of Prussian land to Napoleon to form the Duchy of Warsaw.
Incumbents
Kingdoms
Kingdom of Prussia
Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 17977 June 1840)
Kingdom of Bavaria
Maximilian I (1 January 180613 October 1825)
Kingdom of Saxony
Frederick Augustus I (20 December 18065 May 1827)
Kingdom of Württemberg
Frederick I (22 December 179730 October 1816)
Grand Duchies
Grand Duke of Baden
Charles Frederick (25 July 180610 June 1811)
Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis I (14 August 18066 April 1830)
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Francis I (24 April 17851 February 1837)
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charles II (2 June 17946 November 1816)
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Wilhelm (6 July 17852 July 1823) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.
Peter I (2 July 182321 May 1829)
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Karl August (1758–1809) Raised to grand duchy in 1809
Principalities
Schaumburg-Lippe
George William (13 February 17871860)
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Louis Frederick II (13 April 179328 April 1807)
Friedrich Günther (28 April 180728 June 1867)
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 179419 August 1835)
Principality of Lippe
Leopold II (5 November 18021 January 1851)
Principality of Reuss-Greiz
Heinrich XIII (28 June 180029 January 1817)
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Friedrich Karl August (29 August 176324 September 1812)
Duchies
Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold III (16 December 17519 August 1817)
Duke of Brunswick
Frederick William (16 October 180616 June 1815)
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest I (9 December 180612 November 1826)
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard II (24 December 180320 September 1866)
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 177525 March 1816)
Events
25 January – Battle of Mohrungen
3 February – Battle of Allenstein
March2 July – Siege of Kolberg
April 1–3 – Great Sortie of Stralsund
24 May – Siege of Danzig ends after 6 weeks with Prussian and Russian defenders capitulating to French forces.
5/6 June – Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen
10 June – Battle of Heilsberg
7–9 July – The Treaties of Tilsit are signed between France, Prussia and Russia. Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander I ally together against the British. The Prussians are forced to cede more than half their territory, which is formed into the Duchy of Warsaw in their former Polish lands, and the Kingdom of Westphalia in western Germany. The Free City of Danzig is also formed (established 9 September by Napoleon).
24 July-24 August – Siege of Stralsund
7/8 October – Battle of Eylau
9 October – Prussian Reform Movement: Serfdom is abolished by the October edict.
Ludwig Order established.
Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände established.
Births
4 February – Max Emanuel Ainmiller, German glass painter (died 1870)
30 June – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author (died 1887)
16 November – Eduard von Fransecky, Prussian general (died 1890)
8 December – Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (died 1893)
Deaths
10 April – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, regent of Weimar and Eisenach (born 1739)
19 December – Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German writer (born 1723)
References
Years of the 19th century in Germany
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