France decrees the Bonaparte family is excluded from the country forever
France decrees the Bonaparte family is excluded from the country forever
France decrees the Bonaparte family is excluded from the country forever
Events Before
Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron (27) marries Anne Isabella Milbanke (22) by special licence, at Seaham Hall in County D
Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron (27) marries Anne Isabella Milbanke (22) by special licence, at Seaham Hall in County Durham
Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes
Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes
Napoléon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100-day reconquest of France
Napoléon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100-day reconquest of France
Napoleon Bonaparte enters Paris after his escape from Elba and begins his 100-day rule
Napoleon Bonaparte enters Paris after his escape from Elba and begins his 100-day rule
Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing
Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people and causing a global volcanic winter
Events After
Argentine General José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land...
Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres at Rome's Teatro Valle
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
The New York Stock Exchange is founded
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "the Big Board") is an American stock exchange headquartered at the New York Stock Exchange Building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New…
Tsar of Russia, Nicholas I (21) weds Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Charlotte] (19) at the Grand Church of the Winter Pa
Tsar of Russia, Nicholas I (21) weds Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Charlotte] (19) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia
Alexander Twilight, likely the first African American to graduate from a US college, receives a BA degree from Middlebur
Alexander Twilight, likely the first African American to graduate from a US college, receives a BA degree from Middlebury College
More from the 1810s
Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron (27) marries Anne Isabella Milbanke (22) by special licence, at Seaham Hall in County D
Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron (27) marries Anne Isabella Milbanke (22) by special licence, at Seaham Hall in County Durham
Field Marshal Blücher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
Field Marshal Blücher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
US Vice President John C. Calhoun (28) weds Floride Bonneau (19)
US Vice President John C. Calhoun (28) weds Floride Bonneau (19)
French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine
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