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| 1807 |
| | | Legislation abolishing the slave trade is passed in both Britain and America | |
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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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| 1812 |
| | | Damage to US trade by British orders in council prompts war (the War of 1812) between the two nations | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The US frigate Constitution, affectionately known as 'Old Ironsides', wins successes against British warships in the Atlantic | |
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| 1813 |
| | | Wellington crosses the Bidassoa river in the north of Spain, bringing an enemy army on to French soil for the first time in twenty years | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812 | |
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| 1815 |
| | | Napoleon reaches Paris, already accompanied by an enthusiastic regiment that has joined him on his journey north | |
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| 1822 |
| | | Egyptian hieroglyphs are deciphered by French Egyptologist Jean François Champollion, using the Rosetta stone | |
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| 1832 |
| | | The Göta canal is completed, enabling ships to cross Scandinavia from the North Sea to the Baltic | |
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| 1832 |
| | | English author Frances Trollope ruffles transatlantic feathers with her Domestic Manners of the Americans, based on a 3-year stay | |
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