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Napoleon, in response to his excommunication, has pope Pius VII arrested and kept in captivity in northern Italy and then France
Napoleon enters Vienna and defeats the Austrians in a battle at nearby Wagram
French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck argues in Zoological Philosophy that creatures can inherit acquired characteristics
Napoleon arranges to have his marriage to Josephine annulled so that he can marry the daughter of an emperor
The Fulani establish a capital at Sokoto, from which they dominate the Hausa kingdoms of northern Nigeria
John Moore dies at Corunna but his army escapes from Spain and gets back to England
Rival British politicians Lord Castlereagh and George Canning fight a duel in which Canning is wounded
The destruction of Drury Lane Theatre lights up the night sky
Mrs Daymer finds Strawberry Hill too expensive to keep up and relinquishes the estate to the eventual heir, Laura Countess of Waldegrave, the grand-daughter of Horace Walpole's brother Edward.
Napoleon marries the Austrian archduchess Marie Louise, daughter of the emperor Francis I
The reforming party in Spain become known as the Liberales, in the first political use of the term Liberal
Simón Bolívar, a young officer in Caracas, takes part in a coup which wins control of Venezuela from the Spanish
After a public meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentinians set up an autonomous local government in opposition to Spanish forces
The Spanish Cortes flees from the renewed French invasion and establishes itself in Cadiz
José Gervasio Artigas lays siege to the Spanish forces in Montevideo, beginning Uruguay's long struggle for independence
Walter Scott's poem Lady of the Lake brings tourists in unprecedented numbers to Scotland's Loch Katrine
Johann Zoffany (1733-1810) is buried in St Anne's churchyard in Kew.
The citizens of Bogotá expel the local Spanish officials and declare their loyalty to the deposed Ferdinand VII
A French marshal, Jean Bernadotte, is offered the position of crown prince and heir to the Swedish throne
The parish priest of Dolores sparks a rebellion against the Spanish authorities in Mexico with his Grito de Dolores
16-year-old future millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt begins his career by establishing a ferry service to Manhattan
Chile begins four years of untroubled independence, ruled by a junta introducing liberal reforms
Marie Louise gives birth to a boy, Napoleon's longed-for heir, to be known as the King of Rome
The British king George III, suffering from porphyria, is deemed unfit to govern and his eldest son becomes Prince Regent
Work begins at Cumberland in Maryland on the construction of America's National Road
