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What Happened in February 1815

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Historical Events

  • Feb 3 World's first commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
  • Feb 6 New Jersey issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
  • Feb 13 The Cambridge Union Society is founded.

Treaty of Ghent

Feb 17 Treaty of Ghent ratified by the US Senate and signed by President James Madison ending War of 1812, over a month after it was signed in Europe

The signing of the Treaty of Ghent on Christmas Eve

Napoleon Leaves Elba

Feb 26 Napoléon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100 day re-conquest of France

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

Events in 1815

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 2 Nathaniel Collins McLean, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1905)
  • Feb 12 Edward Forbes, English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography, born in Douglas, Isle of Man (d. 1854)
  • Feb 18 Jan August Hendrik Leys, Belgian Romantic painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1869)
  • Feb 21 Ernest Meissonier, French painter and sculptor (depictions of Napoleon), born in Lyon, France (d. 1891)
  • Feb 25 Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1879)
Born in 1815

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 4 Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder and inoculation proponent, dies at 77
  • Feb 4 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist, dies at 58
  • Feb 17 Franz Gotz, Bohemian composer, dies at 59
  • Feb 19 Leonhard von Call, Austrian guitarist, mandolin virtuoso, and composer, dies at 47

Robert Fulton (1765-1815)

Feb 24 American inventor and engineer (first commercial steamboat), dies of tuberculosis at 49

Robert Fulton
  • Feb 26 Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)


What Happened in 1815

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