1816

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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1780s  1790s  1800s  - 1810s -  1820s  1830s  1840s
Years: 1813 1814 1815 - 1816 - 1817 1818 1819

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  • Known as the "Year Without A Summer" in the northern hemisphere because of global cooling caused by the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption that happened in 1815.
  • February 12 - Fire almost destroyed the city of St. John's, Newfoundland.
  • March 23 - Law frees serfs in Estonia
  • March 25 - Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck dies
  • May 2 - Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (later known as King of the Belgians) marries Charlotte Augusta, but she dies the next year.
  • June 19 - Battle of Seven Oaks between Hudson Bay and Northwest fur-trading companies, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • July 9 - Argentina becomes free from Spain
  • July 17 - The French passenger ship Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost.
  • August 24 - The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • December 11 - Indiana is admitted as the 19th U.S. state.


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