Charles, Count Léon ( Events January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806 March 23 - After traveling through the...1806 _ Events January _ April January 16_24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 _ Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 _ Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ...1881) was the illegitimate son of Emperor Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français...Napoleon I of France and Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne ( 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...1787 _ 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...1868). He was the half brother of Napoleon's legitimate son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte (1812_1833), King of Rome (also known as Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte (March 20, 1811 _July 22, 1832), Duke of Reichstadt, was the son of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. ...Napoleon II though he never ruled) and Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna, Comte Walewski (May 4, 1810 _ October 27, 1868), French politician and diplomat, was born at Walewice near Warsaw, the son of Napoleon I and his mistress Marie, Countess Walewski. ...Alexandre Joseph Colonna, Count Walewski, ( 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...1810 _ Events March 4 _ James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May _ The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City. ...1817), Napoleon's son by Maria, Countess Walewski ( 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...1789 _ Events March 4 _ James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May _ The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City. ...1817).