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| 1806 |
| | | Napoleon imposes his Continental System, designed to strangle Britain's trade | |
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| 1807 |
| | | To counteract Napoleon's Continental System, Britain passes orders in council penalizing any vessel trading into French-held ports | |
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| 1807 |
| | | Anglo-US tensions are heightened by a clash between the frigates Leopard and Chesapeake off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia | |
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| 1807 |
| | | Napoleon launches an invasion of Portugal, increasing the likelihood of a Peninsular War | |
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| 1807 |
| | | The Portuguese royal family flees to Brazil on the approach of a French army led by Jean-Andoche Junot | |
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| 1808 |
| | | A French army under Joachim Murat advances on Madrid, causing the Spanish royal family to flee | |
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| 1808 |
| | | The French capture of Madrid provokes a British response and the resulting Peninsular War | |
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| 1808 |
| | | Russia, after winning much of Finland from Sweden during the previous century, invades again in 1808 | |
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| 1808 |
| | | A British army under Arthur Wellesley (later duke of Wellington) defeats the French at Vimeiro, near Lisbon | |
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| 1809 |
| | | British commander Arthur Wellesley builds the lines of Torres Vedras, to defend the promontory leading south to Lisbon | |
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