Deaths on November 2

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Died on November 2, 1807

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)

Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnelier, Baron de Breteuil, Baron de Preuilly (7 March 1730 – 2 November 1807) was a French aristocrat, diplomat and statesman. He was the last chief minister of the Bourbon Monarchy, appointed by King Louis XVI only one hundred hours before the storming of the Bastille.

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Events on 1807

7 Feb

Battle of Eylau
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
19 Feb

Aaron Burr
Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
12 Apr

Fort Ricasoli
The Froberg mutiny ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
22 May

Aaron Burr
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
20 Jul

Internal combustion engine
Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.

Deaths on November 2

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Died on November 2, 1807

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Events on 1807

Battle of Eylau

Aaron Burr

Fort Ricasoli

Aaron Burr

Internal combustion engine