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 in the year 1815.   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1815.   

Mar 01   Disbanding of Lower Canada militia after War of 1812 in the year 1815.   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Josephine Lang, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1815 willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium   

Mar 20   On this day in history napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule   

Mar 23   USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in battle lasting 22 minutes in the year 1815.   

Mar 30   Wincenty Studzinski, composer in the year 1815.   

Apr 01   On this day in history otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)   

Apr 05   Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) in the year 1815.   

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

Apr 06   Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer in the year 1815.   

Apr 10   Austria declares war on realm of Naples on this day in history.   

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   Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) in the year 1815.   

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

Apr 29   In the year 1815 abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

May 03   Battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples in the year 1815.   

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

May 03   Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist in the year 1815.   

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

May 08   Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer in the year 1815.   

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

May 18   On this day in history 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   In the year 1815 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   On this day in history birth of lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

Jan 09   William Jackson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

Jan 11   John A MacDonald, (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73) was born in the year 1815.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of william Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 08   Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (b. 1761 died in the year 1815.   

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

Jan 31   In the year 1815 death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)   

Feb 04   On this day in history geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77   

Feb 17   Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1815.   

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

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