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1816 was known as 'the year without a summer' in North America and elsewhere, with widespread unseasonal weather and crop failures. [ 5 ] The Second Bank of the United States obtains its charter.
1816 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1816th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 816th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1816, the ...
Labelle, Jean. Melancholy convictions : the unsure state of union in the state of Massachusetts from the late 1790s to 1816 (thesis/dissertation). 2000. Branson, Susan. "Elizabeth Drinker: Quaker Values and Federalist Support in the 1790s."
1794–1816: The Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars, which were a series of incidents between settlers and New South Wales Corps and the Aboriginal Australian clans of the Hawkesbury river in Sydney, Australia. 1794: Polish revolt.
1741 – Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist (d. 1816) 1744 – Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Guadeloupean poet and novelist (d. 1793) [55] [56] 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1848) [57] 1751 – James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
9 January – Sir Humphry Davy's Davy lamp is first tested underground as a coal mining safety lamp at Hebburn Colliery in the Durham Coalfield. [1]30 January – Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville (military transport ships) off the coast of Ireland in a gale with the loss of around 570.
January 9 – Sir Humphry Davy's Davy lamp is first tested underground as a coal mining safety lamp at Hebburn Colliery in north east England. [4]The Spider Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill, a temporary iron-wire footbridge erected across the Schuylkill River, north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the first wire-cable suspension bridge in history.
1869–70: The Red River Rebellion, the events surrounding the actions of a provisional government established by Métis leader Louis Riel at the Red River Colony, Manitoba, Canada. 1870–72: The Revolution of the Lances, the National Party revolts against the Colorado Government in Uruguay. 1870–71: Lyon Commune in France. 1871: The Paris ...