What happened in 1815?
157 recorded events in 1815, including 60 in people, 34 in wars & conflicts and 24 in empires & countries.
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Major Events 1
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Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte is decisively defeated, ending his rule as Emperor of the French.
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Wars & Conflicts 34
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Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
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Battle of New Orleans
Battle of the War of 1812
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Battle of Ligny
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
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Second Barbary War
1815 war between Algiers and the United States
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Battle of Quatre Bras
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
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Neapolitan War
1815 conflict of the Napoleonic Wars
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Battle of Tolentino
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Wavre
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
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Battle of Sipe-Sipe
1815 battle in Upper Peru, South America
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Battle of Rocquencourt
1815 battle
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Battle of Carpi
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of the Panaro
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Occhiobello
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Rocheserviere
Battle between Vendéan Royalists, who had remained loyal to King Louis XVIII during the Hundred Days, and Napoleon's Army of the West
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Battle of La Suffel
1815 battle
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Battle of Issy
1815 Napoleonic Wars battle
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Battle of Ronco
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Scapezzano
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Casaglia
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of San Germano
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Ljubić
1815 battle of the Serbian Revolution
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Battle of Castel di Sangro
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Cesenatico
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of Pesaro
1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
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Siege of Gaeta
1815 siege during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of El Roble
1813 battle of the Chilean War of Independence
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Spanish Siege of Cartagena de Indias
1815 siege
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Siege of Ancona
1815 siege during the Neapolitan War
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Battle of the Palo River
1815 battle
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Battle of Jaithak
1815 battle of the Anglo-Nepalese War
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Battle of Redon
1815 battle
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Siege of Fort St. Philip
Battle in the War of 1812
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Battle of Fort Peter
War of 1812 battle
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Battle of Massa
Battle of the Neapolitan War
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Politics & Government 4
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Congress of Vienna
Conference of ambassadors of European states (September/November 1814 to June 1815)
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Treaty of Paris
1815 treaty to close the napoleonoc wars
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Kandyan Convention
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Treaty of Nicolls' Outpost
Treaty between Great Britain and refugee Native Americans
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People 60
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Robert Fulton died
American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)
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Carsten Niebuhr died
German mathematician, botanist, cartographer and explorer in Danish service (1733–1815)
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Dalai Lama 09 Lungtok Gyatso died
9th Dalai Lama (1805-1815)
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Franz Anton Mesmer died
German physician
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Luis Alejandro Berthier died
Marshal and Vice-Constable of France (1753-1815)
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Jan Potocki died
Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian (1761-1815)
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Smithson Tennant died
British chemist (1761-1815)
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Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann died
German scientist and zoologist
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Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira died
Naturalist and explorer in Brazil (1756-1815)
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José de Córdoba y Ramos died
Spanish sailor
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Emma, Lady Hamilton died
Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815)
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William Nicholson died
British chemist (1753-1815)
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Belsazar Hacquet died
Naturalist (1739-1815)
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Thomas Bugge died
Danish astronomer (1740-1815)
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Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils died
French chemist
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Adolph Ferdinand Gehlen died
German chemist (1775-1815)
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Pietro Cossali died
Italian mathematician (1748-1815)
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Carlos Amarante died
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden died
German engineer (1752-1815)
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Louis Michel Thibault died
French architect (1750-1815)
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Marsilio Landriani died
Italian chemist, physicist and meteorologist (1751-1815)
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Jonathan Hornblower died
Steam power pioneer
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Jonathan Williams died
American politician
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Francis Wollaston died
English astronomer
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Thomas Smith died
Scottish businessman and early lighthouse engineer (1752-1815)
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John Henslow died
Surveyor of the Navy
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Vincent Yves Boutin died
French explorer
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Squire Boone died
American frontiersman
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Bernard Boudin de Tromelin died
French Navy officer
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Jakub Jan Ryba died
Czech teacher and composer on the break of classicism and romantism
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Frances Abington died
Stage actress
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Mlle Raucourt died
French actress
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Friederike Bethmann died
German actor, singer and opera singer (1760-1815)
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Giuseppe Gherardeschi died
Italian organist and composer
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Josefa Butteau died
Stage actor and ballet dancer
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Henry Siddons died
British actor
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Caroline Kummerfeld died
German stage actor
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Johann Heinrich Friedrich Müller died
German actor (1738-1815)
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Franz Götz died
Composer and musician from Bohemia
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Otto von Bismarck born
Born in Schönhausen (Elbe). German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898).
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Ada Lovelace born
Born in London. English mathematician (1815–1852).
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton born
Born in Johnstown. American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902).
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John A. Macdonald born
Born in Glasgow. 1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891.
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Otto of Greece born
Born in Mirabell Palace. King of Greece from 1832 to 1862 (1815–1867).
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Anthony Trollope born
Born in London. English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882).
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Ľudovít Štúr born
Born in Uhrovec. Slovak poet, philosopher, linguist, publicist, politician and writer (1815–1856).
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George Meade born
Born in Cádiz. United States Army general and civil engineer (1815–1872).
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Emanuel Geibel born
Born in Lübeck. German poet and playwright (1815–1884).
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Louis Jules Trochu born
Born in Le Palais. French general, President of the National Defence Council (1815-1896).
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Seru Epenisa Cakobau born
Born in Nairai. King of Fiji (1815–1883).
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Johann Jakob Bachofen born
Born in Basel. Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887).
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Charles Bernard Renouvier born
Born in Montpellier. French philosopher.
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Rafael Carrera born
Born in Guatemala City. President of Guatemala (1815-1865).
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Henry Halleck born
Born in Oneida County. Union Army general (1815–1872).
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Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina born
Born in Moliterno. Italian journalist, writer and patriot (1815-1890).
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Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos born
Born in Istanbul. Greek historian and university professor (1815–1891).
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Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué born
Born in Quimperlé. French writer (1815–1895).
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Raffaele Cadorna born
Born in Milan. Italian general (1815-1897).
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Ang Mey born
Born in Cambodia. Queen regnant of Cambodia.
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Dalai Lama 09 Lungtok Gyatso died
Died in Potala Palace. 9th Dalai Lama (1805-1815).
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Science & Technology 3
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Military Academy of Modena
Italian military school in Modena (1815–)
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Russian Rurik Expedition
Russian expedition and circumnavigation (1815-1818)
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Alnwick Infirmary
Hospital in England
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Exploration & Discovery 3
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Philae obelisk
Obelisk found at Philae, Egypt
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Chassigny
Meteorite and namesake of the Chassignite group
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Russian Rurik Expedition
Russian expedition and circumnavigation (1815-1818)
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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Blue Mosque, Qazan
Mosque in İske Bistä microdistrict, Waxitof City District, Qazan, Tatarstan
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Mosque in Keturiasdešimt Totorių
Mosque in Keturiasdešimt Totorių (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Cathedral
Cathedral in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine
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Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Nizhny Novgorod (Vysokovo)
Temple, Eastern Orthodox church building, architectural landmark in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Synagogue in Kępno
Synagogue
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Mollajalilli mosque
Mollajalilli mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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33 Józefa Street in Kraków
33 Józefa Street in Kraków (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 11
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Royal Doulton
British ceramics manufacturing company
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Scottish Widows
Life insurance and pensions company located in Edinburgh
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Banque Bonhôte
Swiss Private bank
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Elkington & Co.
UK business
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CN Group
English news media company
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Stoneware & Co.
Pottery business in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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MacFarlan Smith
Scottish pharmaceutical research company
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Van Lier
Dutch shoe manufacturer
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Clyde Shipping Company
Shipping company
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Thomas Whitehead and Brothers
UK company
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N. Corah & Sons
Leicester hosiery and textiles company
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Unification of Italy
Creation of the politically and administratively integrated nation of Italy (1815–1871)
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Slachter's Nek Rebellion
1815 Boer uprising east of Cape Colony
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Takovo Meeting
1815 gathering of Serbian leaders
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Chapelle expiatoire
Chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France
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Basilica of St Dominic
Church in Valletta
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Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady, Xagħra
Church
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Gyland Church
Church building in Flekkefjord, Southern Norway
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Harg Church
Church building in Östhammar Municipality, Sweden
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St. John's Church, Philadelphia
Church building in Philadelphia, United States of America
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St John's Church, Threapwood
Church in Threapwood, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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Empires & Countries 24
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Luxembourg founded
Luxembourg was founded, with its capital at Luxembourg.
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Kingdom of the Netherlands founded
Kingdom of the Netherlands was founded, with its capital at Amsterdam.
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First French Empire dissolved
First French Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Paris.
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Duchy of Warsaw dissolved
Duchy of Warsaw ceased to exist, having been centered at Warsaw.
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Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia founded
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia was founded, with its capital at Milan.
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United Kingdom of the Netherlands founded
United Kingdom of the Netherlands was founded, with its capital at Brussels.
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Bourbon Restoration in France founded
Bourbon Restoration in France was founded, with its capital at Paris.
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Free City of Kraków founded
Free City of Kraków was founded, with its capital at Kraków.
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Principality of Serbia founded
Principality of Serbia was founded, with its capital at Kragujevac.
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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin founded
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was founded, with its capital at Schwerin.
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Duchy of Brunswick founded
Duchy of Brunswick was founded, with its capital at Brunswick.
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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz founded
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was founded, with its capital at Neustrelitz.
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United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves founded
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was founded, with its capital at Lisbon.
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United States of the Ionian Islands founded
United States of the Ionian Islands was founded, with its capital at Corfu.
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Swedish Pomerania dissolved
Swedish Pomerania ceased to exist, having been centered at Szczecin.
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Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel dissolved
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ceased to exist, having been centered at Brunswick.
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Kingdom of Kandy dissolved
Kingdom of Kandy ceased to exist, having been centered at Kandy.
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Kingdom of Naples dissolved
Kingdom of Naples ceased to exist, having been centered at Naples.
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Duchy of Głogów dissolved
Duchy of Głogów ceased to exist, having been centered at Głogów.
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Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands dissolved
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands ceased to exist, having been centered at Amsterdam.
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League Federal founded
League Federal was founded, with its capital at Montevideo.
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State of Brazil dissolved
State of Brazil ceased to exist, having been centered at Rio de Janeiro.
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Republic of Geneva dissolved
Republic of Geneva ceased to exist, having been centered at Geneva.
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Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca dissolved
Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca ceased to exist, having been centered at Bogotá.
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