Historical Events In 1816

Jul 03   Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 in the year 1816.  

Jul 03   In the year 1816 french frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas  

Jul 06   In the year 1816 philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67  

Jul 07   On this day in history isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889  

Jul 08   Frost in Waltham, MA on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1816 argentina declares independence from Spain  

Jul 09   Argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain on this day in history.  

Jul 11   French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history gustav Freytag, writer  

Jul 14   In the year 1816 francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66  

Jul 19   Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1816 william Bowman, English anatomist  

Jul 21   Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service in the year 1816.  

Jul 21   On this day in history the birth of Paul von Reuter, News agency founder  

Jul 23   Charlotte Sanders Cushman, US, actress (Lady MacBeth) in the year 1816.  

Jul 23   Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 in the year 1816.  

Jul 25   In the year 1816 christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)  

Jul 27   Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops in the year 1816.  

Jul 27   On this day in history uS troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves  

Jul 31   On this day in history george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870  

Aug 03   John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 on this day in history.  

Aug 04   Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 07   In the year 1816 dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77  

Aug 08   On this day in history bavarian joins Saint Alliance  

Aug 08   Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Aug 14   In the year 1816 great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha  

Aug 16   In the year 1816 joseph Robinson, composer  

Aug 19   On this day in history java again in Dutch hands  

Aug 19   Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs in the year 1816.  

Aug 21   Quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!! on this day in history.  

Aug 24   Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables in the year 1816.  

Aug 24   In the year 1816 the Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.  

Aug 27   Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates in the year 1816.  

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Jan 07   Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of john Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878  

Jan 15   In the year 1816 birth of marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)  

Jan 19   Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born in the year 1816.  

Jan 23   Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician was born in the year 1816.  

Jan 26   Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born in the year 1816.  

Jan 30   Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history henry Harington, composer, dies at 88  

Jan 27   On this day in history samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies  

Jan 30   In the year 1816 reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74  

Feb 04   Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1816.  

Feb 06   On this day in history death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)  

Feb 10   On this day in history johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74  

Feb 22   In the year 1816 adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92