1807

17-Dec

John Greenleaf Whittier (Quaker, Poet)

27-Feb

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Poet)

19-Jan

Robert E. Lee (Southern General during the Civil War)

22-Dec

Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe.

1-Sep

Former Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.

17-Aug

Robert Fulton’s North River Steam Boat (Popularly known as the Clermont) began chugging its way up New York’s Hudson River toward Albany. The 150-mile trip

22-May

Former Vice President Aaron Burr was tried for treason in Richmond, Virginia. He was later acquitted.

25-Mar

British Parliament abolished slave trade throughout the British Empire.

19-Feb

Former Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in Alabama. He was subsequently tried for treason and acquitted.

17-Dec

27-Feb

19-Jan

22-Dec

1-Sep

17-Aug

22-May

25-Mar

19-Feb

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Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell