Page 2: Historical Events In 1815

Feb 21   On this day in history ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor   

Feb 24   Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 25   On this day in history robert Hall Chilton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

Feb 26   In the year 1815 napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France   

Feb 26   Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba on this day in history.   

Mar 01   In the year 1815 disbanding of Lower Canada militia after War of 1812   

Mar 01   Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law in the year 1815.   

Mar 02   In the year 1815 antonio Buzzolla, composer   

Mar 02   Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King on this day in history.   

Mar 03   US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute in the year 1815.   

Mar 08   In Charlottetown PEI, Peter Byers, a black, sentenced to death for stealing five pounds; 2 weeks earlier his brother Sancho sentenced to hang for stealing a pound of butter and a loaf of bread in the year 1815.   

Mar 14   Josephine Lang, composer in the year 1815.   

Mar 16   On this day in history willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium   

Mar 20   Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule in the year 1815.   

Mar 23   In the year 1815 uSS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in battle lasting 22 minutes   

Mar 30   Wincenty Studzinski, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 01   In the year 1815 otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)   

Apr 05   In the year 1815 eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)   

Apr 06   English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed in the year 1815.   

Apr 06   In the year 1815 friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer   

Apr 10   On this day in history austria declares war on realm of Naples   

Apr 11   Klara Fey, German orch leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein) on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 24   In the year 1815 anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

Apr 28   In the year 1815 andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

Apr 29   On this day in history abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

May 03   In the year 1815 battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

May 03   On this day in history battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

May 03   In the year 1815 hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist   

May 05   Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright on this day in history.   

May 08   In the year 1815 jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer   

May 16   The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains in the year 1815.   

May 18   In the year 1815 thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891   

May 19   John Gross Barnard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism)   

Jan 08   George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 was born in the year 1815.   

Jan 08   In the year 1815 birth of lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

Jan 09   In the year 1815 birth of william Jackson, composer   

Jan 10   In the year 1815 birth of alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874   

Jan 10   Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1815 birth of john A MacDonald, (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)   

Jan 13   William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle in the year 1815.   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (b. 1761   

Jan 21   On this day in history m Claudius, writer, dies at 74   

Jan 31   On this day in history death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)   

Feb 04   Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies in the year 1815.