17th » Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
22nd » The Embargo Act of 1807 Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the United States Congress U.S. Congress, at the urging of President of the United States President Thomas Jefferson.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1807
17th » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (d. 1892)
22nd » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (d. 1873)
Famous Deaths for December 1807
19th » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
21st » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)