US passes the Embargo Act against Britain and France. England prohibits slave trade. France invades Portugal. U.S. Evangelical Association, founded by Jacob Albright, holds its first convention Commercial Law Code. U.S. prohibits importation of slaves from Africa.
French army occupies Rome, invades Spain, and takes Madrid and Barcelona.
Sir Walter Scott writes Marmion , a narrative in verse. Napolean abolishes the inquisition in Spain and Italy. Source of the Ganges River is discovered. The fashion of pigtails in men's hair disappears. Napolean meets Geothe.