1807 in Germany explained

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)^[1]
• Kingdom of Bavaria
  • Maximilian I (1 January 180613 October 1825)^[2]
• Kingdom of Saxony
  • Frederick Augustus I (20 December 18065 May 1827)^[3]
• Kingdom of Württemberg
  • Frederick I (22 December 179730 October 1816)^[4]

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden
  • Charles Frederick (25 July 180610 June 1811)
• Grand Duke of Hesse
  • Louis I (14 August 18066 April 1830)^[5]
• 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)^[6]
• 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.^[7]
  • Peter I (2 July 182321 May 1829)^[7]
• 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)^[8]
  • Friedrich Günther (28 April 180728 June 1867)^[9]
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
  • Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 179419 August 1835)
• Principality of Lippe
  • Leopold II (5 November 18021 January 1851)^[10]
• 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)^[11]
• Duke of Brunswick
  • Frederick William (16 October 180616 June 1815)^[12]
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
  • Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Ernest I (9 December 180612 November 1826)^[13]
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
  • Bernhard II (24 December 180320 September 1866)^[14]
• Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
  • Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 177525 March 1816)^[15]

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)

Notes and References

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2. 17. 921. Maximilian I., king of Bavaria.
3. Web site: General German Biography - Wikisource. 24 January 2021.
4. Book: David, Saul. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press. 978-0-87113-739-5. Prince of pleasure : the Prince of Wales and the making of the Regency. 24 January 2021. 1998.
5. Book: Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans. Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living . 1768. Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. Bourdeaux. fr. 38.
6. Book: Huish, Robert . Public and Private Life His Late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty George The Third . T. Kelly . 1821 . 170 .
7. Web site: Oldenburg Royal Family . Monarchies of Europe . https://web.archive.org/web/20060317161934/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Oldenburg_Royal_Family.htm . 1 January 2021. 17 March 2006 .
8. Book: Thüringer Chronik-Verlag Müllerott. 978-3-910132-29-0. Apfelstedt. F.. Apfelstedt. Heinrich Friedrich Theodor. Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit. 1996.
9. Web site: Monarchies of Europe. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070614023242/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Mecklenburg_Strelitz_Royal_Family.htm. 14 June 2007.
10. Book: 1850 . . 87th . . 38 .
11. J. Morley, "The Bauhaus Effect," in Social Utopias of the Twenties (Germany: Müller Bushmann press, 1995), 11.
12. Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766.
13. Ernest I.. 9. 751.
14. Web site: Biografie Georg I (German). Meininger Museen. 8 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20110915152148/http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie/georg-i.php. 15 September 2011. dead.
15. Book: Albinus, Robert. Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung. Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. 1985. 3-7921-0320-6. Leer. 371. de.