1810s
The 1810s was the decade that began on January 1, 1810 and ended on December 31, 1819.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s 1840s |
Years: | 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 |
Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- The War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.
- Napoleon defeated at Waterloo in Belgium. (1815)
- Denmark lets Norway go; Norway declares independence.
- Congress of Vienna changes Europe.
- Volcano Mount Tambora explodes in the Dutch East Indies (1815)
- Year without a Summer (1816)
Births
- James Strang, Mormon. (1813)
- John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada (1815)
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (1815)
- Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States
- Frederick Douglass, writer. (1818)
World leaders
- Emperor Francis II (Austria)
- Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
- King Frederick William III of Prussia (Prussia)
- Jiaqing Emperor (China)
- Emperor Napoleon I (First French Empire)
- King Louis XVIII (Restoration France)
- Pope Pius VII
- Emperor Alexander I (Russia)
- King Ferdinand VII (Spain)
- King George III (United Kingdom).
- President James Madison (United States)
- President James Monroe (United States)
- Fath Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
Deaths
- Paul Revere, silversmith. (1818)
- Jemima Wilkinson, preacher. (1819)
1810s Media
Napoleonic départements of the French Empire at its height in 1812.
Charles Minard's graph showing the diminishing strength of the Grande Armée during the French invasion of Russia in 1812
The victory of General José de San Martín over Spanish forces at the Battle of Chacabuco, 12 February 1817
National boundaries of Europe as set by the Congress of Vienna, 1814.
Congress Vienna, Jean Godefroy – Jean-Baptiste Isabey
Aug. 15: Alabama Territory new.Dec. 10: Mississippi statehood.
Goethe publishes Theory of Colours