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Muhammad Ali repels a British invasion of Alexandria and consolidates power in Egypt.
Protestant missionary Robert Morrison of Great Britain arrives in China.
29 May A conservative revolt in Istanbul overthrows Selim III, who is replaced by Mustafa IV; although the revolt is crushed in 1808, Selim dies during the fighting and is replaced on the throne by Mahmud II.
22 December In an effort to avoid entanglement in a British-French war, U.S. president Thomas Jefferson forbids all trade with foreign ports.
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