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" in the year 1816.   

Jul 03   Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1816 argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain   

Jul 11   On this day in history french A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect   

Jul 13   Gustav Freytag, writer on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   In the year 1816 survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days   

Jul 20   William Bowman, English anatomist in the year 1816.   

Jul 21   Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service on this day in history.   

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

Jul 27   In the year 1816 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   George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history bavarian joins Saint Alliance   

Aug 08   Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1816.   

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

Aug 16   Joseph Robinson, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1816 birth of marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)   

Jan 19   In the year 1816 birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

Jan 23   In the year 1816 birth of carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician   

Jan 26   In the year 1816 birth of lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

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

Jan 01   Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1816.   

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

Jan 27   Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies on this day in history.   

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

Feb 04   Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1816.   

Feb 22   Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 on this day in history.