1807 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1807 in the United Kingdom.

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28 January - Pall Mall, London becomes the first street with gas lighting. ^[1]
March - Duke of Portland asked to form a government following the collapse of the Ministry of all the Talents.
March 25 - The Slave Trade Act becomes law abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. ^[2]
March 25 - The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, became the first passenger carrying railway in the world.
May 4–June 9 - the Duke of Portland wins the general election.
June 22 - Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, Royal Navy warship HMS Leopard attacked and boarded the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
July 5 - Disastrous attack on Buenos Aires.
July 7-9 - Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia. Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander I ally together against the British.
July 13 - With the death of Henry Benedict Stuart, the last Stuart claimant to the throne, the movement of Jacobitism comes to an effective end.
September 2 – September 7 - Battle of Copenhagen: British Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. 30% of the city was destroyed and 2000 citizens were killed.
December 22 - The U.S. Congress passes the Embargo Act in response to the Orders in Council.

May 18 - John Douglas, Anglican bishop (b. 1721)
July 13 - Henry Benedict Stuart, claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom (b. 1725)
September 14 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, field marshal (b. 1724)
December 21 - John Newton, cleric and hymnist (b. 1725)