General
Population: 1.02 Billion*
- Entertainment: Writers include Mme. De Stael, Lord Bacon Hours of Idleness, Ugo Foscolo, Charles and Mary Lamb (Shakespeare's tales), Wordsworth,
Hegel, Gottlieb Hufeland (economy), Wordsworth
Art includes Canove sculpture "Paolina Bonaparte as Reclining Venus", David "Coronation of Napoleon", Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "LaSource",
Turner "Sun Rising in a Mist"
Music includes Beethoven, Etienne Nicolas Menul "Joseph", Spontini, Thomas Moore
- Exploration: Alexander von Humboldt and Bonpland writes about voyages in Spanish Americas
- Medicine: Charles Bell writes about comparative surgery
- Sports: Horse racing – first Ascot Gold Cup
- Deaths: Novelist Clara Reve, Painter Angelica Kauffmann, Jurist Oliver Ellsworth, Sultan Selim III of Turkey, Painter John Opie
Africa
- Gambia: Becomes British crown colonies
- North Africa: Asante invade Fante confederacy
- Sierra Leone: Becomes British crown colonies
Americas
- Argentina: Buenos Aires repels British from ports
General Whitelock conquers Montevideo, but is defeated in Buenos Aires
- Brazil: Portugal's John VI flees to Brazil
- Canada: Trade boombs and illegal trade with US takes place
Asia
- India: End of time of starvation
Europe
- General: Indecisive battle of Eylau between French and Russo-Prussian armies
Treaty of Tilsit between Napoleon the Czar and King of Prussia
- Denmark: Second battle of Copenhagen - Britain captures Danish fleet - Peace of Tilsit leaves Napoleon dominant
- France: Peak of Napoleon's power
French victory at Friedland
Commercial Law Code introduced
Napoleon stirs up war sentiments between Britain and US
Napoleon's "Continental System" is complete
- German States: Jerome Bonaparte becomes King of Westphalia
Baron von Stein becomes Prussian Prime Minister and emancipates serfs
End of Kingdom of Hesse-Kassel
Start of kingdoms of Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt- Dessau
- Great Britain: British abolish slave trade, though slavery continues until 1833
Street lighting by gas in London
Brit demands right to search or seize ships of America (Chesapeake vs Leopard)
Brit adopts Orders of Council to block US trade with France by taking ships/blockade
- Italian States: End of Italian kingdom of Etruria
- Poland: Start of Poland's Free City of Danzig and Duchy of Warsaw
- Portugal: France invades Portugal and dethrones Portuguese royal family (the Braganzas) which flees to Brazil
John VI to Brazil
- Russia: Battle of Friedland – Russian defeat against France
Treaties of Tilsit between Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: End of Sultan Selim III of Turkey and succeeded by Mustafa IV