Page 3: Historical Events In 1816

Jul 01   Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa" in the year 1816.   

Jul 01   French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of G‚ricault's "Raft of the Medusa" on this day in history.   

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

Jul 03   French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67   

Jul 07   In the year 1816 isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

Jul 08   Frost in Waltham, MA in the year 1816.   

Jul 09   In the year 1816 argentina declares independence from Spain   

Jul 09   On this day in history argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain   

Jul 11   In the year 1816 french A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect   

Jul 13   In the year 1816 gustav Freytag, writer   

Jul 14   On this day in history francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66   

Jul 19   On this day in history survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days   

Jul 20   On this day in history william Bowman, English anatomist   

Jul 21   On this day in history paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service   

Jul 21   In the year 1816 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition) on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops   

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   On this day in history israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

Aug 06   In the year 1816 karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80   

Aug 07   On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77   

Aug 08   In the year 1816 bavarian joins Saint Alliance   

Aug 08   In the year 1816 blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65   

Aug 14   Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Joseph Robinson, composer in the year 1816.   

Aug 19   In the year 1816 java again in Dutch hands   

Aug 19   On this day in history julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs   

Aug 21   In the year 1816 quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!!   

Aug 24   In the year 1816 daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

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Jan 07   Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born in the year 1816.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1816 birth of carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

Jan 01   In the year 1816 francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60   

Jan 15   Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1816.   

Jan 27   In the year 1816 samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies   

Jan 30   Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74 in the year 1816.   

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   Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 in the year 1816.