1815 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1815?
- January 3, 1815 – Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
- January 8, 1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
- January 13, 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
- January 15, 1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
- February 6, 1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
- February 26, 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
- March 1, 1815 – Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
- March 20, 1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his “Hundred Days” rule.
- April 10, 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
- April 23, 1815 – The Second Serbian Uprising – a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
- May 3, 1815 – Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
- June 9, 1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.
- June 16, 1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
- June 18, 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
- July 9, 1815 – Talleyrand becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- July 15, 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
- August 24, 1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
- November 27, 1815 – Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
- December 5, 1815 – Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
- December 11, 1815 – the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
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