In history, year 1816 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1816 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1816: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 09 january Inventor Humphry Davy first tested his Davy lamp a safety lamp containing a candle for use in coal mines. 20 february Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville was hissed by the audience during its debut at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. 10 april President James Madison signed the charter establishing the Second Bank of the United States as the nation's second national bank. 22 may A riot broke out in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, over high unemployment and rising grain costs, spreading to Ely the next day. 19 june Battle of Seven Oaks started between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company near Winnipeg, Canada. The main cause of dispute was Fur trade. It is also known as Pemmican War. 19 june The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rival fur-trading companies, engaged in a violent confrontation in present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 02 july The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast oftoday's Mauritania, with the survivors escaping on a makeshift raft,which was depicted in Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of theMedusa. 14 august The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunhaarchipelago, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. 19 november The University of Warsaw, the largest university in Poland, was established as Congress Poland found itself a territory without auniversity. 09 July The South American country Argentina gained independence from Spain. 11 December Indiana became the 19th state of the United States. 10 April The federal government of the United States approved the establishment of a second bank there. 09 January Sir Humphrey Davy's Davy lamp was first tested underground at Hebburn colliery in north eastern England as a coal mining safety lamp. 27 February The Dutch withdrew Suriname from France after Napoleon's defeat. 20 March The US Supreme Court affirmed the authority to review the state's decision. 10 April The federal government of the United States approved the establishment of a second bank there. 02 May Sache-Cobourg (later King of the Belgian) Leopold married Charlotte Augusta, but she died the following year. 19 June In the Battle of Seven Oaks the Hudson Bay Company was defeated by the North West Company in Canada, near Winnipeg. 09 July The United Provinces of South America declared their independence from Spain. 24 August The Treaty of St. Louis signed in St. Louis, Missouri. 05 September Louis XVIII tried to dissolve the Chamber ("the rarest Chamber"). 21 October Penang Island Free Penco established Penang Island in modern Malaysia) by Rev. Sparke Hutchings. 19 November The University of Warsaw was founded. 12 December The throne of Sicily and Naples merged into two Kingdom of Sicily under King Ferdinand I.
Famous birthdays in the year 1816: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 03 November Jubal Early / Lawyer / United States of America 04 November Stephen Johnson Field / Lawyer / United States of America 05 October Ursula Frayne / Missionary / Ireland 13 December Werner von Siemens / Engineer / Germany 14 November John Curwen / Educator / United Kingdom 14 July Arthur de Gobineau / Author / France 14 December Abraham Hochmuth / Educator / Hungary 17 April Thomas Hazlehurst / Architect / United Kingdom 19 March Johannes Verhulst / Composer / Netherlands 20 April Bogoslav Šulek / Historian / Croatia 21 April Charlotte Brontë / Poet / United Kingdom 22 April Charles-Denis Bourbaki / General / France 24 May Emanuel Leutze / Painter / United States of America 25 February Giovanni Morelli / Historian / Italy 25 September Georg August Rudolph / Politician / Germany 28 October Malwida von Meysenbug / Writer / Germany 29 December Carl Ludwig / Physician / Germany 29 September Paul Féval / Author / France 30 January Nathaniel P. Banks / Politician / United States of America 31 July George Henry Thomas / General / United States of America
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