10th United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

  • May 22, 1807: Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr was indicted for treason. He was acquitted September 1, 1807
  • June 1807: Chesapeake-Leopard Affair: The British warship HMS Leopard (1790) captured and boarded the USS Chesapeake (1799).
  • August 17, 1807: The Clermont, Robert Fulton's first American steamboat, left New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
  • January 1, 1808: The importation of slaves into the United States was banned

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