Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1815
Birthdays
- January 10 - Sir John Alexander Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- January 11 - John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- January 16 - Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
- January 18 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- January 21 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
- March 5 - John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
- March 9 - David Davis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1886)
- March 13 - James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)
- March 28 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
- April 1 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (d. 1898)
- April 1 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
- April 6 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
- April 24 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
- June 1 - Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
- June 1 - Otto of Greece, (d. 1862)
- June 11 - Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer (d. 1879)
- June 18 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
- June 19 - Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
- July 28 - Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
- August 1 - Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
- August 2 - Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
- August 5 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
- August 16 - John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
- September 6 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (d. 1870)
- September 7 - John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
- October 11 - Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Italian-born adventurer (d. 1881)
- October 16 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
- October 23 - João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
- October 29 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
- October 29 - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician
- October 31 - Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (d. 1897)
- November 2 - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- November 3 - John Mitchel, Irish nationalist (d. 1875)
- November 12 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902)
- November 24 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
- December 8 - Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)
- December 10 - Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (d. 1852)
- December 21 - Thomas Couture French painter and teacher, (d. 1879)
- December 31 - George Meade, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
Deaths
- January 8 - Edward Pakenham, British general (b. 1778)
- January 15 - Emma, Lady Hamilton
- January 31 - José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)
- February 24 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765)
- February 26 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
- March 5 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
- April 21 - Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)
- June 1 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
- June 6 - Samuel Whitbread, English Politician
- June 18 - Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758)
- June 18 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
- August 2 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763)
- August 6 - James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
- August 18 - Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
- September 9 - John Singleton Copley, American painter (b. 1738)
- September 20 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (b. 1725)
- October 13 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (executed) (b. 1767)
- November 28 - Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist
- December 3 - John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)
- December 7 - Michel Ney, French marshall (executed) (b. 1769)
Events
- January 3 - Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
- January 8 - War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans
- February 6 - New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens.
- February 13 - The Cambridge Union Society is founded.
- February 26 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
- March 1 - Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
- March 2 - Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King.
- March 7 - Napoleon I of France meets troops of the Fifth Regiment sent by Louis XVIII at Grenoble, and convinces them to join him on his march to Paris.
- March 16 - Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in The Netherlands.
- March 20 - After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
- April 10 - The Mount Tambora volcano begins its peak eruption period that lasts until July 15.
- May 3 - Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
- May 16 - The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.
- June 1 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
- June 9 - End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set.
- June 16 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
- June 18 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for the second and final time.
- July 9 - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France.
- July 15 - Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
- July 17 - Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.
- October 15 - Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
- November 27 - Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
- December 5 - Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
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