French Armies overrun Portugal which has refused to join Napoleon's Continental System which embargoes Britain. The Portuguese Royal family flees to Brazil. Denmark and Russia make alliances with France as Britain takes the Danish fleet. Emancipation is granted to Prussian serfs, but not to English Catholics. British parliament forbids slave trade.
Phrenology is the rage in Paris.
In England a machine is developed to produce continuous sheets of paper from wood pulp, making newspapers more practical. Wordsworth and Charles Lam write. January 1807 James Mather, Englishman by birth, is the fourth mayor of New Orleans serving from 1807-1812. Word of the Burr Conspiracy moves General James Wilkinson to begin rebuilding the fortifications. This effort is minimal, short and very expensive.