Page 3: Historical Events In 1816

Jul 01   Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa" on this day in history.   

Jul 01   French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of G‚ricault's "Raft of the Medusa" in the year 1816.   

Jul 03   On this day in history dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65   

Jul 03   French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas in the year 1816.   

Jul 06   Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 in the year 1816.   

Jul 08   In the year 1816 frost in Waltham, MA   

Jul 09   Argentina declares independence from Spain on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1816 argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain   

Jul 11   In the year 1816 french A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect   

Jul 13   In the year 1816 gustav Freytag, writer   

Jul 14   Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   In the year 1816 survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days   

Jul 20   William Bowman, English anatomist on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1816 paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service   

Jul 21   In the year 1816 the birth of Paul von Reuter, News agency founder   

Jul 23   Charlotte Sanders Cushman, US, actress (Lady MacBeth) in the year 1816.   

Jul 23   In the year 1816 elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68   

Jul 25   On this day in history christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)   

Jul 27   In the year 1816 fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops   

Jul 27   On this day in history uS troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves   

Jul 31   George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

Aug 04   On this day in history israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

Aug 06   Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 in the year 1816.   

Aug 08   In the year 1816 bavarian joins Saint Alliance   

Aug 08   Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha in the year 1816.   

Aug 16   Joseph Robinson, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 19   In the year 1816 java again in Dutch hands   

Aug 19   On this day in history julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs   

Aug 21   Quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!! in the year 1816.   

Aug 24   Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables in the year 1816.   

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Jan 07   On this day in history birth of stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of john Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889   

Jan 11   In the year 1816 birth of fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878   

Jan 15   Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician   

Jan 26   Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

Jan 01   On this day in history francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60   

Jan 15   In the year 1816 henry Harington, composer, dies at 88   

Jan 27   In the year 1816 samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies   

Jan 30   In the year 1816 reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74   

Feb 04   On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63   

Feb 06   On this day in history death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)   

Feb 10   On this day in history johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74   

Feb 22   On this day in history adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92