1815
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1812 1813 1814 – 1815 – 1816 1817 1818 |
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June 18: Napoleon defeated by Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, bringing an end to the "Hundred Days" crisis after Napoleon's escape from Elba
June 19: Congress of Vienna redraws boundaries of the European nations.
February 26: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
June 9: The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed.
Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace)
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1815 (MDCCCXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1815th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 815th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1815, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- Fresnel developed the theory of light diffraction.
- Napoleon loses the Battle of Waterloo and is sent to Saint Helena.
Births
- January 10 – John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- February 15 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- April 1 – Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898)
- April 1 – Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
- April 6 – Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
- April 24 – Anthony Trollope, British writer (d. 1882)
- June 11 - Julia Margaret Cameron, British Indian photographer (d. 1879)
- August 5 – Edward John Eyre, explorer
- October 16 – Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
- October 31 – Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (d. 1897)
- November 2 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- December 10 – Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace, early English computer pioneer (d. 1852)
- November 12 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902)
- December 21 – Thomas Couture, French painter (d. 1879)
Deaths
- January 8 – Edward Pakenham, British general (killed in battle) (born 1778)
- January 16 – Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (born 1765)
- February 24 – Robert Fulton, American inventor (born 1765)
- February 26 – Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (born 1737)
- March 4 – Frances Abington, English actress (born 1737)
- March 5 – Franz Mesmer, German developer of hypnotism (born 1734)
- April 21 – Joseph Winston, American patriot and Congressman from North Carolina (born 1746)
- June 1 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (born 1753)
- June 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick, German noble and general (killed in battle) (born 1771)
- June 18 – Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (born 1758)
- June 18 – Claude-Etienne Michel, French general (killed in battle) (born 1772)
- June 18 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (killed in battle) (born 1766)
- August 2 – Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (murdered) (born 1763)
- August 6 – James A. Bayard (elder), U.S. Senator from Delaware (born 1767)
- September 9 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (born 1738)
- September 20 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (born 1725)
- October 13 – Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (executed) (born 1767)
- December 3 – John Carroll (priest), first American Roman Catholic Archbishop (born 1735)
- December 7 – Michel Ney, French marshal (executed) (born 1769)
- December 29 – Saartjie Baartman, sideshow performer