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1815 Introductions
Events January * January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England. * January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. * January 8 – Battle of New Orleans: American forces led by Andrew Jackson defeat British forces led by Sir Edward Pakenham. American forces suffer around 60 casualties and the British lose about 2,000 (the battle lasts for about 30 minutes). * January 13 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state. * January 15 – War of 1812: Capture of USS ''President'' – American frigate , commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates. February * February – The Hartford Convention arrives in Washington, D.C. * February 3 – The first commercial cheese factory is founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaume - Napoléon Ier Quittant L'île D'Elbe - 1836
Beaume may refer to: Several communes in France * La Beaume, arrondissement of Gap, Hautes-Alpes * La Haute-Beaume, arrondissement of Gap, Hautes-Alpes * Beaumes-de-Venise, a canton of the arrondissement of Carpentras, Vaucluse **Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, the sweet wine appellation, and "Beaume de Venise", the wine grape * Beaumettes, also a canton of Carpentras. * Beaumé, a commune in the arrondissement of Vervins, Aisne Other *Antoine Baumé Antoine Baumé (26 February 172815 October 1804) was a French chemist. Life He was born at Senlis. He was apprenticed to the chemist Claude Joseph Geoffroy, and in 1752 was admitted a member of the École de Pharmacie, where in the same year he ... (1728–1804), French chemist * Baume et Mercier, Swiss watchmakers *The Beaume (river), a tributary of the Ardèche (river) in southern France See also * Baume (other) * Beaune {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 15
Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith". *1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ... in Westminster Abbey, London. *1582 – Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1601–1900 *1759 – The British Museum opens to the public. *1777 – American Revolutionary War: Vermont Republic, New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence. *1782 – Superintendent of Finance R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
