Page 3: Historical Events In 1816

Jul 01   Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa" on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1816.   

Jul 09   Argentina declares independence from Spain on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain in the year 1816.   

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   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   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 in the year 1816.   

Jul 25   On this day in history 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   US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves in the year 1816.   

Jul 31   In the year 1816 george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870   

Aug 03   On this day in history john Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897   

Aug 04   In the year 1816 israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

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   On this day in history blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65   

Aug 14   On this day in history great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha   

Aug 16   Joseph Robinson, composer in the year 1816.   

Aug 19   Java again in Dutch hands on this day in history.   

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

Aug 21   On this day in history 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   John Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1816 birth of fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878   

Jan 15   Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1816 henry Harington, composer, dies at 88   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74   

Feb 04   In the year 1816 meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63   

Feb 06   In the year 1816 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.