- March 3
- US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute. [1]
- March 16
- Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium. [1]
- March 20
- Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule. [1] [5]
- April 5
- Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java). [1]
- April 6
- English militia shoots prisoners, killing hundreds. [1]
- April 10
- Austria declares war on realm of Naples. [1]
- May 3
- Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples. [1]
- May 24
- George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia. [1]
- June 8
- 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation. [1]
- June 18
- Battle of Waterloo: Napoléon defeated by Wellington and Blücher. [1] [118.9]
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- June 22
- Second abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo defeat). [1]
- (month unknown)
- The Chassigny meteorite falls in France. (It is later shown to be from Mars.) [523.106]
- July 15
- Napoleon Bonaparte is captured. [1]
- August 6
- US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. [1]
- August 8
- Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on Saint Helena. [1]
- October 31
- Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp. [1]
- November 5
- José Maria Morelos y Pavón, Mexican revolutionary priest, is executed by Spaniards. [446.50]
- November 27
- Cracow (Poland) is declared a free republic. [1]
- December 7
- Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), is murdered at age 46. [1]
1816
- January 12
- France decrees the Bonaparte family be excluded from the country forever. [1]
- February 13
- Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire. [1]
- February 27
- Dutch regain Suriname. [1]
- March 6
- Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck, Germany. [1]
- June 6
- 10 inches of snowfall in New England, USA; the "year without a summer" (due to volcano Krakatoa). [1]
- June 22
- An English statute establishes a single gold standard for money, with silver coins reduced to status of tokens of limited legal tender. [309.xvi,76] [444.42]
- July 1
- French frigate Medusa runs aground off Cap Blanc Gross; basis of Géricault's book Raft of the Medusa. [1]
- July 9
- Argentina declares independence from Spain. [5] [390.12]
- July 19
- Survivors of French frigate Medusa are rescued off Senegal after 17 days. [1]
- July 27
- US troops attack Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay, Florida. [1]
- August 3
- In England, an Order in Council decrees that future gold coins would be the sovereign (20 shillings) and half sovereign (10 shillings), 22 karats fine (0.9167), with no more guineas or 7-shilling pieces. [309.76]
- December 10
- Dutch regain Sumatra. [1]
- December 11
- Citizens of Geneva thwart Savoyard invaders. [1]
- Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state. [1] [5]
1817
- January 18
- San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes. [1]
- January 22
- English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia. [1]
- March 25
- Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians. [1]
- April 22
- Curaçao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight. [1]
- May 4
- An explosion aboard the Constitution steamship on the Mississippi River near Bayou Sara scalds to death 11 people. [819.203]
- May 15
- Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia. [1]
- June 23
- The Montreal Bank (first bank in Canada) is established under Articles of Association. [626.210]
- (month unknown)
- Genoese adventurer Gian Battista excavates a granite stela between front paws of the Spinx in Egypt. The stela commemorates Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (1401 BCE to 1391 BCE) having the Sphinx cleared of sand. [1618.11]
- July 4
- Construction on Erie Canal begins with ground-breaking in Utica, New York, USA. The canal will run 350 miles between Buffalo and Albany. [1] [303.49]
- July 12
- First flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland). [1]
- November 3
- The Montreal Bank opens for business (first bank in Canada). [626.210]
- November 21
- Great fire in Saint John's, Newfoundland, burns over 260 buildings. [1126.128]
- November 27
- US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War. [1]
- December 10
- Mississippi is admitted as 20th state in the USA. [1]
- December 16
- Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon. [1]
1818
- January 26
- On the 30th anniversary of British settlement, Australia Day is first celebrated as an official holiday. [129]
- February 12
- Chile gains independence from Spain. [1]
- February 15
- Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18), King of Norway (1814-18), dies at age 69. [1]
- February 17
- Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle). [1]
- April 7
- US General Andrew Jackson conquers Saint Marks, Florida from Seminole Indians. [1]
- April 16
- US Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border). [1]
- April 28
- US President James Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. [1]
- May 2
- Herman W Daendels, Governor-General of Guinea (1815-18), dies at age 55. [1]
- May 4
- Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling. [1]
- May 24
- US General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, capital of Spanish West Florida. [1]
- May 28
- First steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes is launched. [1]
- October 20
- 49th parallel established as the border between US and Canada. [1]
- US and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country. [1]
- November 21
- Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine. [1]
- December 3
- Illinois admitted as 21st US state. [1] [453.70] [498.40]
- December 24
- "Silent Night" is composed by Franz Joseph Gruber. [1] [5]
- December 25
- First known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night" by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr) sung (Austria). [1]
1819
- January 16
- Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes Governor of Dutch-Indies. [1]
- February 6
- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore. [1]
- February 19
- British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands. [5]
- February 22
- Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty). [1]
- May 22
- The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. [1] [5]
- June 16
- In Kachchh (Rann of Kutch), Gujarat, India, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurs. 1,500 - 2,000 killed. [53]
- June 20
- Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic), sailing from Savannah, Georgia, to the Irish Coast in 24 days. The ship uses its steam engine for 90 hours to power a removable paddlewheel, employing sails for most of the journey. [1] [260.9]
- June 26
- The bicycle is patented. [5]
- August 7
- Battle of Boyacá; Simon Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia. [1]
- August 16
- Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators. [1]
- December 17
- Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain. [1]
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