of 347 of the 488 on board. October 30 – Capitulation of Stettin: Believing themselves massively outnumbered, the 5,300-man garrison at Stettin in Prussia surrenders to a much smaller French force without a fight. November 15 – Pike Expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (later named Pikes Peak in his honor). November 21 – Napoleon declares the Continental Blockade against the British, blocking the import of British manufactured goods to the rest of Europe. November 24 – The last major Prussian field force, under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, surrenders to the French near Lübeck. Frederick William III has by this time fled to Russia. November 28 – French troops enter Warsaw. December 23 - Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his violin concerto at the Theater an der Wien. December 26 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Battle of Pułtusk – Russian forces under General Bennigsen narrowly escape from a direct confrontation with Napoleon, who goes into winter quarters. Battle of Golymin – Russian forces under General Golitsyn fight a successful rearguard action against French forces, under Marshall Murat. Date unknown East India Company College established in Hertfordshire, England, to train colonial administrators. Noah Webster publishes his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, recording distinctive American spellings. Colgate-Palmolive is originated as William Colgate's soap and candle manufactory in New York City, United States. Annual British iron production reaches 260,000 tons. Births January–June January 1 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Baltic-German chess player (d. 1853) January 27 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826) February 10 – Emma Catherine Embury, American author and poet (d. 1863) February 22 – Józef Kremer, Polish messianic philosopher (d. 1875) March 4 Ephraim Wales Bull, American farmer, creator of the Concord grape (d. 1895) George Bradburn, American abolitionist, women's rights advocate (d. 1880) March 6 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (d. 1861) March 11 – Carlo Pellion di Persano, Italian admiral, politician (d. 1883) March 12 – Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (d. 1863) March 21 – Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman, folk hero (d. 1872) April 3 – Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian literary critic, philosopher (d. 1856) April 6 – Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, German scholar (d. 1876) April 9 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859) May 2 – Catherine Labouré, French visionary, saint