Notable Historical Events - 1816
1816 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 12 |
France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever |
Jan 22 |
Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "Siege of Corinth" |
Feb 13 |
-14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire |
Feb 20 |
Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome |
Feb 27 |
Dutch regain Suriname |
Mar 6 |
Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany |
Mar 20 |
US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions |
Apr 9 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila) |
Apr 10 |
2nd Bank of US chartered |
May 5 |
American Bible Society organized (NY) |
May 10 |
British steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor |
May 11 |
American Bible Society forms (NY) |
Jun 6 |
10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer" (Mount Tambora) |
Jun 11 |
Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded |
Jun 19 |
Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Jul 1 |
French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's painting "Raft of the Medusa" |
Jul 3 |
French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas |
Jul 8 |
Frost in Waltham, MA |
Jul 9 |
Argentina declares independence from Spain |
Jul 19 |
Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days |
Jul 27 |
US troops destroy Fort Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves |
Aug 8 |
Bavaria joins Holy Alliance |
Aug 14 |
Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha |
Aug 19 |
Java again in Dutch hands |
Aug 24 |
The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. |
Aug 27 |
Lord Exmouth bombards Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates |
Sep 5 |
Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber"). |
Oct 7 |
1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans |
Oct 21 |
The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia. |
Nov 19 |
Warsaw University is established. |
Dec 2 |
1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) |
Dec 4 |
James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King |
Dec 10 |
Dutch regain Sumatra |
Dec 11 |
Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders |
Dec 11 |
Indiana becomes 19th state of the Union |
Dec 13 |
Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston |
Dec 28 |
American Colonization Society organizes |
Dec 30 |
The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed. |
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