Notable Historical Events - 1815
1815 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 8 |
Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew |
Jan 30 |
Burned US Library of Congress reestablished with Thomas Jefferson's 6500 vols |
Feb 3 |
World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland |
Feb 6 |
NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens) |
Feb 13 |
The Cambridge Union Society is founded. |
Feb 26 |
Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France |
Mar 1 |
Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law |
Mar 2 |
Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King. |
Mar 3 |
US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute |
Mar 16 |
Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium |
Mar 20 |
Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule |
Mar 24 |
Handel & Haydn Society of Boston founded |
Apr 5 |
Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) |
Apr 6 |
English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed |
Apr 10 |
Austria declares war on realm of Naples |
May 3 |
Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples |
May 16 |
The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains. |
May 24 |
George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia |
Jun 1 |
Napoleon Bonaparte swears fidelity to the Constitution of France. |
Jun 8 |
39 German states unite under Act of Confederation |
Jun 9 |
End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set. |
Jun 16 |
Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia |
Jun 16 |
Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French |
Jun 17 |
Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda |
Jun 18 |
Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher |
Jun 22 |
2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo) |
Jun 30 |
US naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates |
Jul 9 |
1st natural gas well in US is discovered |
Jul 9 |
King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France |
Jul 9 |
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France. |
Jul 15 |
Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort after his earlier defeat at the Battle of Waterloo |
Jul 15 |
1st flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill |
Aug 6 |
US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli |
Aug 9 |
Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St Helena on board British ship the Northumberland |
Sep 21 |
King Willem I takes oath in Brussels |
Sep 26 |
Russia, Prussia & Austria sign Holy Alliance |
Sep 28 |
Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples |
Sep 29 |
King Willem I forms Dutch Order of the Lion |
Oct 8 |
Joachim Murat's forces land at Pizzo, Italy |
Oct 12 |
Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death |
Oct 15 |
Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile |
Oct 31 |
Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp |
Nov 20 |
2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies after 2nd defeat and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. |
Nov 20 |
Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signs Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe" same day as Treaty of Paris |
Nov 27 |
City of Kraków (Poland) declared a free republic state by the Congress of Vienna |
Nov 27 |
Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland |
Dec 5 |
Foundation of Maceió in Brazil. |
Dec 15 |
Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia |
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