John VI. King of Portugal. 1816-1826 Was regent from 1792.
Union of Portugal and Brazil under John VI, King of Portugal. 1816
Founding of the American Bible Society in New York City. 1816
Flood. Germany. March 21, 1816 Overflow of the Vistula causes submersions.
Number of thousands dead is unknown.
The Kingdoms of Sicily and Naples are ruled jointly as the “Kingdom of the Two Sicilies”.
Formally created by the unification of Naples and Sicily under one crown. 1816 Lasts until 1860, when the kingdom is conquered by G. Garibaldi.
Will be joined with northern states to form the Kingdom of Italy (1861).
Bourbons again resume the throne.
Spanish authority is reestablished in Mexico. 1816
Severe famine throughout Ireland. 1816-1817 600,000 perish.
Typhus epidemic. Ireland. 1816-1819 One fourth of the population is killed.
James Monroe (1758-1851).
Elected 5th President of the United States. 1816
Second Bank of the United States is chartered. 1816
British Admiral goes to Tunis and Tripoli and demands that both states end the practice of Christian slavery. He then goes to Algiers for same purpose.
The Mohammedans kill dozens of Italians living in Oran and Bone. 1816
Admiral Edward Pellew (Viscount Exmouth) leads a joint British-Dutch naval force of 24
battleships and sails into Algiers harbor. 1816
Bombardment of Algiers by England. 1816 Caused by continued acts of piracy by the Mohammedans.
The next day the Bey is forced to release all Christian slaves (1,642)
from Algiers, and to abolish Christian slavery.
United Provinces of Rio de la Plata (now part of Argentina) declare their independence from Spain. 1816 Juan Martin de Pueyrredon is director (1816-1819).
Capture of Uruguay by the Portuguese from Brazil. 1816-1820
Carl August of Saxe-Weimar grants first constitution in Germany. 1816
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). Italian. 1816
“Il Barbiere de Siviglia.” Opera.
(“The Barber of Seville”).
“Otello.” Opera. 1816
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1722-1834). English.
“Kublai Khan.” Poetry. 1816 Written 1797.
Louis Spohr (1784-1859). German composer.
“Faust.” Opera. 1816
San Francesco di Paola, Naples. 1816-1824 By Pietro Bianchi (1787-1849). Italian architect.
