Events in year of 1816
- 01-12France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
- 01-22Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and"Siege of Corinth"
- 02-27Dutch regain Suriname
- 02-29Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
- 03-06Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
- 03-20US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
- 04-09African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia)
- 04-102nd Bank of US chartered
- 05-05American Bible Society organized (NY)
- 05-10English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
- 05-11American Bible Society forms (NY)
- 06-11Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
- 07-03French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
- 07-08Frost in Waltham, Massachusetts
- 07-09Argentina declares independence from Spain
- 07-19Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
- 07-27US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves
- 08-08Bavarian joins Saint Alliance
- 08-14Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha
- 08-19Java again in Dutch hands
- 08-27Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
- 10-071st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans
- 12-021st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
- 12-04James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
- 12-10Dutch regain Sumatra
- 12-11Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
- 12-11Indiana becomes 19th state
- 12-13Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston
- 12-28American Colonization Society organizes
People born in year of 1816
- 01-07Stephen Miller: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
- 01-09John Palmer Usher: Secy Int (Union) died in 1889
- 01-11Fitz-Henry Warren: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
- 01-19Henry Gray: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 01-23Carl Herrmann: Germany -- Stage magician
- 01-26Lloyd Tilghman: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
- 01-30Nathaniel Prentiss Banks: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
- 02-17Friedrich Wilhelm Markull: Composer
- 02-20Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski: Composer
- 03-12David Stuart: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
- 03-14Montgomery Dent Corse: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
- 03-19Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst: Composer
- 03-21Charlotte Bronte: Novelist / poet
- 03-27George Elvey: Composer
- 03-29James Gallant Spears: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
- 04-08Frederick William Burton: Painter
- 04-13William Sterndale Bennett: Composer
- 04-16Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson: Major General (Confederate Army)
- 04-21Louis Trezevant Wigfall: Confederate Army, died in 1874
- 04-22Philip James Bailey: English poet (Festus)
- 05-03Montgomery Cunningham Meigs: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
- 05-14Gualtiero Sanelli: Composer
- 05-16Henry Hopkins Sibley: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
- 05-24Emanuel Leutze: United States -- Painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
- 05-24Robert Seaman Granger: (Union Army Bvt Major General, died in 1894)
- 06-04Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand: Bvt Major General (Union)
- 06-11Robert Huston Milroy: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
- 06-28Jacob P P Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt: Min Foreign Affairs (1852-53)
- 07-07Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard: Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
- 07-11French A Durlet: Belgian sculptor / architect
People died in year of 1816
- 01-01Francois Alexander Sallantin: Composer, dies at 60
- 01-15Henry Harington: Composer, dies at 88
- 01-27Samuel Hood: 1st Viscount Hood / Admiral
- 01-30Reinier Vinkeles: Dutch engraver / cartoonist / art collector, dies at 74
- 02-04Meingosus Gaelle: Composer, dies at 63
- 02-10Johann Paul Aegidius Martini: Composer, dies at 74
- 02-22Adam Ferguson: Scottish sociologist / historian, dies at 92
- 03-18Johann Paul Schulthesius: Composer, dies at 67
- 03-23Ignaz Vitzthumb: Composer, dies at 95
- 06-05Giovanni Paisiello: Italian Composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
- 06-06Christiane Vulpius: Wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51
- 07-03Dorothea Jordan: French actress / mistress (William IV), dies at 65
- 07-06Philipp Meissner: Composer, dies at 67
- 07-14Francisco AG de Miranda: Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66
- 07-23Elizabeth Hamilton: Author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68
- 08-06Karl Frieberth: Composer, dies at 80
- 08-07Dionysius G van der Keessel: Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77
- 08-08Blas de Laserna: Composer, dies at 65
- 12-15Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz: Composer, dies at 44
- 12-16Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli]: Ital dancer / choreographer, dies at 73
Events in year of 1817
- 01-072nd Bank of US opens
- 01-22English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia
- 02-051st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
- 02-171st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
- 03-021st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn
- 03-03Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi
- 03-25Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
- 04-151st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn)
- 04-171st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
- 04-22Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
- 05-15Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia
- 05-16Mississippi River steamboat service begins
- 06-241st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
- 07-04Construction on Erie Canal begins
- 07-121st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
- 07-12Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
- 08-18Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
- 09-09Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College
- 09-22John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State
- 10-09University of Gent officially opens
- 10-201st Mississippi "Showboat, " leaves Nashville on maiden voyage
- 11-201st Seminole War begins in Florida
- 11-251st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
- 11-27US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
- 12-10Mississippi admitted as 20th state
- 12-16Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
- 12-301st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
People born in year of 1817
- 01-08John Selden Roane: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
- 01-14Harmen S Sytstra: Dutch poet / editor (Iduna)
- 01-15Lewis Golding Arnold: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
- 01-18Jacques Gregoir: Composer
- 01-31Antony Winkler Prins: Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
- 02-02John Glover: English chemist (sulfuric acid)
- 02-02Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura: Composer
- 02-03Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent: Composer
- 02-03Samuel Ryan Curtis: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
- 02-07Leroy Pope Walker: US lawyer / Confederate Minister of War (1861)
- 02-08Richard Stoddert Ewell: Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
- 02-14Frederick Douglass: African-American abolitionist / lecturer / editor
- 02-15Charles F Daubigny: French restauranteur / painter
- 02-18Lewis Addison Armistead: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
- 02-18Walter Page Lane: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 02-19Willem III: Last male King of the Netherlands (1849-90)
- 02-21Jose Zorrilla y Moral: Vallodolid, Spain -- Poet / dramatist (El rey Loco)
- 02-22Niels Wilhelm Gade: Danish violinist / composer / conductor
- 02-23George Watts: London, England -- Painter
- 02-28James Craig: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
- 03-05Austen H Layard: British archaeologist / diplomat
- 03-19Lewis Henry Little: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
- 03-22Braxton Bragg: Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876
- 03-24Aime Maillart: Composer
- 03-26Herman Haupt: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
- 03-28Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras: Composer
- 03-29Constantine S Aksakov: Russian historian / poet
- 04-01Johannes J van Oosterzee: Dutch theologist
- 04-02Teodulo Mabellini: Composer
- 04-04John Wilson Sprague: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
People died in year of 1817
- 01-01Martin H Klaproth: German chemist (uranium), dies at 73
- 01-14Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny: Composer, dies at 87
- 01-16Antonin Josef Alois Volanek: Composer, dies at 55
- 01-28Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen: Composer, dies at 55
- 02-09Franz Wilhelm Tausch: Composer, dies at 54
- 02-18Giacomo Quarenghi: Master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
- 02-20Martin de Ron: Composer, dies at 27
- 03-01Luigi Gatti: Composer, dies at 77
- 03-13Matej Sojka: Composer, dies at 77
- 03-18Johann Jakob Walder: Composer, dies at 67
- 04-06Bonaventura Furlanetto: Composer, dies at 78
- 04-12Charles Messier: "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects"
- 05-21Johann Friedrich Christmann: Composer, dies at 64
- 06-18Joannes Siberg: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1801-05)
- 06-23Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth: Composer, dies at 63
- 06-30Abraham Gottlob Werner: German geologist
- 07-18Jane Austen: Writer
- 09-09Paul Cuffe: Civil rights activist (Sierre Leone), dies at 58
- 10-12Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel: Composer, dies at 66
- 10-15Tadeusz AB Kosciusko: Polish Lieutenant General / freedom fighter
- 10-16Manuel C Piar: Curacaos / Venezulian freedom writer
- 11-01Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti: Composer, dies at 79
- 11-07Francesco Pasquale Ricci: Composer, dies at 85
- 11-08Andrea Appiana: Italian royal Painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
- 12-01Justin Heinrich Knechtl: Composer, dies at 65
- 12-07William Bligh: British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63
- 12-11Max von Schenkendorf: German poet, dies at 34
- 12-15Maria Walewska [Leszczinska]: Lover of Emperor Napoleon I
Events in year of 1818
- 01-01Official reopening of the White House
- 01-30Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears"
- 02-071st successful US educational magazine "Academician, " begins (NYC)
- 02-12Chile gains independence from Spain
- 02-17Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
- 03-18Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
- 04-04Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars
- 04-07Gen Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks, Florida from Seminole indians
- 04-14US Medical Corp forms
- 04-16Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
- 04-28Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
- 05-04Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
- 05-11Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 6-0
- 05-24Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida
- 05-281st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
- 06-03Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends
- 08-22Grand duchy of Bathe forms
- 09-30Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England
- 10-082 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves
- 10-09Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya
- 10-19US and Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty
- 10-2049th parallel forms as border between US and Canada
- 10-20US and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country
- 10-24Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin)
- 12-03Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
- 12-24"Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day
- 12-24Franz Xaver Gruber composes "Silent Night"
- 12-251st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria)
People born in year of 1818
- 01-11John Reese Kenly: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
- 01-17Antoine Dorion: (L) joint Premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64)
- 01-18Johannes van Vloten: Dutch literary / theologist
- 01-28George Sewall Boutwell: MC (Union), died in 1905
- 01-31William Raine Peck: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
- 02-06William Maxwell Evarts: (Union), died in 1901
- 02-08Austin Blair: Gov / MC (Union), died in 1894
- 02-10Isham Green Harris: Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
- 02-12Otto Ludwig: German writer (Die Heiterethei)
- 02-23Jeremy F Gilmer: Major General / Chief Engineer Confederate War Department
- 03-10George Wythe Randolph: Confederate States Secretary of War, died in 1867
- 03-11John Wilkins Whitfield: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
- 03-12John Lorimar Worden: Captain (Union Navy), died in 1897
- 03-13Albion Parris Howe: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
- 03-23Don Carlos Buell: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
- 03-25Isaac Ingalls Stevens: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
- 03-27Jakob Axel Josephson: Composer
- 03-28Wade Hampton: South Carolina, United States -- Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
- 04-05Lewis Baldwin Parsons: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 04-06Francis Henry Brown: Composer
- 04-08Christaan IX: King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- 04-22Cadwallader Colden Washburn: Major General (Union volunteers)
- 04-23James Anthony Froude: Historian
- 04-23John Gill Shorter: Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872
- 04-25Marek Konrad Sokolowski: Composer
- 04-29Alexander II N Romanov: Tsar of Russia (1855-81)
- 05-20William George Fargo: Founder (Wells Fargo)
- 05-25Jacob Burckhardt: Switzerland -- Cultural historian
- 05-28Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard: US Confederate General (Hero of Sumter)
- 05-31John Albion Andrew: Gov (Union), died in 1867
People died in year of 1818
- 01-01Fedele Fenaroli: Composer, dies at 87
- 02-01Giuseppi Gazzaniga: Composer, dies at 74
- 02-14John C Hespe: Dutch journalist / politician, dies at 61
- 02-15Charles XIII: King of Sweden (1809-18) / Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
- 02-28Adriaan Loosjes Pzn: Dut publisher / writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
- 03-23Nicolas Isouard: Composer, dies at 42
- 03-28Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi: Composer, dies at 62
- 04-18Pieter PJQ Ondaatje: Ceylon / Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
- 05-02Herman W Daendels: Governor-General of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55
- 05-07Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh: Composer, dies at 70
- 05-08Franz Ignaz Kaa: Composer, dies at 78
- 05-10Paul Revere: American patriot
- 05-26Michael A Barclay de Tolly: Russian Field Marshal / War Minister
- 06-04John van Well: Choreographer / mime (Pierrot), dies at 44
- 06-29Carl P Fohr: German Painter / cartoonist, dies at 22
- 08-22Warren Hastings: 1st Governor-General of India (1773-84), dies at 85
- 08-28Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable: Trader, founder of Chicago
- 09-18Olaf Swaertz: Botanist
- 10-22Joachim H Campe: German theory / author, dies at 72
- 10-28Abigail Adams: 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73
- 11-17Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Queen of England
- 12-05Bruno Daalberg / Anonymus Belga: Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at 60
- 12-31Jean-Pierre Duport: Composer, dies at 77