1815 - What happened in 1815 ?

January 1815

Monday 02:

Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, Seaham, County Durham.

Tuesday 03:

Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.

Sunday 08:

War of 1812: In the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.

February 1815

Friday 03:

The first commercial cheese factory is founded (Switzerland).

Monday 06:

New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens.

Monday 13:

The Cambridge Union Society founded.

Sunday 26:

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.

March 1815

Wednesday 01:

Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

Thursday 16:

Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

Monday 20:

1815 – Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

June 1815

Thursday 01:

Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.

Friday 09:

End of the Congress of Vienna: new European political situation is set.

Friday 16:

Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.

Sunday 18:

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second, final time

July 1815

Sunday 09:

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France

Saturday 15:

Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders from aboard HMS Bellerophon

Monday 17:

Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.

October 1815

Sunday 15:

Napoleon I of France begins his exile on St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.

December 1815

Thursday 07:

Michel Ney, Marshal of France, is executed by firing squad, after been convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon Bonaparte.