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March 29 – Construction is authorized of the National Road (the first United States federal highway). April 18 – The U.S. Congress passes the Non-importation Act in an attempt to coerce Great Britain to suspend its impressment of American sailors and to respect American sovereignty and neutrality on the high seas.
Historical events from year 1806. Learn about 34 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1806 or search by date or keyword.
1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1806th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 806th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1800s decade.
- 1851. The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux is signed with the Sioux Indians. They agree to give up their lands in Iowa and almost all of Minnesota. The New York Daily Times appears.
- 1852. Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly is published to great success by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Sam appears for the first time in a comic publication in New York.
- 1853. The Coinage Act of 1853 is passed by Congress, reducing the amount of silver in coins smaller than a dollar. Vice President William King dies on April 18th.
- Mid-Decade: Kansas-Nebraska Act to Election of James Buchanan. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed during this period, which also included the publication of Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" and the election of James Buchanan to the presidency.
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- The second federal census was taken in 1800, and determined the population to be 5,308,483. Of that number, 896,849, about 17% were enslaved. April 24, 1800: Congress chartered the Library of Congress and allocated $5,000 to purchase books.
- Jan. 1, 1801: President John Adams began a tradition of White House receptions on New Year's Day. Any citizen could stand in line, enter the mansion, and shake hands with the president.
- April 4, 1802: Dorothea Dix, an influential reformer who headed efforts to organize Union nurses in the Civil War, was born in Hampden, Maine. Summer 1802: President Thomas Jefferson read a book by explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who had traveled across Canada to the Pacific Ocean and back.
- Feb. 24, 1803: The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, decided Marbury v. Madison, a landmark case that established the principle of judicial review.
Jan 16, 2020 · July 26, 1806. Lewis’s group is met by a small band of Blackfeet warriors in Montana. After camping together overnight, Lewis catches the Blackfeet trying to steal their guns and horses, and ...
Jan 10 Dutch in Capetown surrender to British. Jan 12 French evacuate Vienna. Jan 19 United Kingdom re-occupies the Cape of Good Hope following victory in the Battle of Blaauwberg over French vassal, the Batavian Republic. Establishes British rule in South Africa. Jan 30 Prussia takes possession of Hanover.
