What Happened in 1806

Beethoven Composes His Fourth Symphony

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60, was written in 1806. It was premiered in March of 1807 at a private concert of the... Read more

Noah Webster Publishes "A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language", His First Dictionary

Noah Webster, the author of popular readers and spelling books for schools, published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English... Read more

Andrew Jackson Kills Charles Dickinson in a Duel

The controversy surrounding Rachel and Andrew Jackson's marriage remained a sore point for Jackson, who deeply resented attacks on his wife's... Read more

John A Roebling is born

On June 12, 1806, John A. Roebling, civil engineer and designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, was born in Muehlhausen, Prussia. The Brooklyn Bridge,... Read more

Assassination of Jean Jacques Dessalines

In January 1804, Dessalines, preferring Napoleon’s style rather than the more liberal yet vulnerable type of political government of the French... Read more