1807

1807 was 64 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and 12 years before Alabama became a state.

Individuals

Births

• March 7: Andrew Moore, Governor of Alabama
• May 16: Enoch Alldredge, Blount County state senator
• Elizabeth Oliver

Context

In 1807, Napoleon attacked Russia. Robert Fulton began his steamboat service in New York. Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason.

Notable births in 1807 included Confederate general Robert E. Lee, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. Notable deaths included painter Angelica Kauffman and hymnist John Newton.

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