May 16 –
William Brown, Irish-born rebel leader and future Admiral of the Navy of Argentina, begins a blockade of
Montevideo, the colonial capital of Rio de la Plata.[2]
May 24 – Duke of Wellington arrives in Madrid from Paris in an attempt to avert civil war between supporters of Ferdinand VII and the opposition Liberals, including many troops who fought under him during the Peninsular War
August 12 – In England, the last hanging under the
Black Act is carried out, of William Potter for cutting down an
orchard (although the judge petitions for reprieve).
The
Congress of Vienna formally opens in Austria to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, with the European powers agreeing upon the redrawing of national borders following the victory over France; it will last until
June 9,
1815.[8]
November 4 – King Charles XIII of Sweden becomes King of Norway, as Charles II .
The world's first complex machine mass-produced from
interchangeable parts,
Eli Terry's wooden pillar-and-scroll clock, comes off the production line in
Plymouth, Connecticut.[10]
^"Vienna, Congress of", in The Americana: A Universal Reference Library (Scientific American, 1912)
^Pettett, David (2014). "Samuel Marsden – Christmas Day 1814. What did he say? The Content of New Zealand's first Christian Sermon". In Lange, Stuart; Davidson, Allan; Lineham, Peter; Puckey, Adrienne (eds.). Te Rongopai 1814 'Takoto Te Pai!' Bicentenary Reflections on Christian Beginnings and Developments in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland: General Synod Office, 'Tuia', of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. pp. 72–85.
^Muir, Diana (2000). "Chapter 10". Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England.
ISBN978-0-87451-909-9.
^"Brylinski Pawel". Astro-Databank. June 27, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
^Torres, João Romano.
"Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo)". Portugal - Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 15, 2020.
May 16 –
William Brown, Irish-born rebel leader and future Admiral of the Navy of Argentina, begins a blockade of
Montevideo, the colonial capital of Rio de la Plata.[2]
May 24 – Duke of Wellington arrives in Madrid from Paris in an attempt to avert civil war between supporters of Ferdinand VII and the opposition Liberals, including many troops who fought under him during the Peninsular War
August 12 – In England, the last hanging under the
Black Act is carried out, of William Potter for cutting down an
orchard (although the judge petitions for reprieve).
The
Congress of Vienna formally opens in Austria to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, with the European powers agreeing upon the redrawing of national borders following the victory over France; it will last until
June 9,
1815.[8]
November 4 – King Charles XIII of Sweden becomes King of Norway, as Charles II .
The world's first complex machine mass-produced from
interchangeable parts,
Eli Terry's wooden pillar-and-scroll clock, comes off the production line in
Plymouth, Connecticut.[10]
^"Vienna, Congress of", in The Americana: A Universal Reference Library (Scientific American, 1912)
^Pettett, David (2014). "Samuel Marsden – Christmas Day 1814. What did he say? The Content of New Zealand's first Christian Sermon". In Lange, Stuart; Davidson, Allan; Lineham, Peter; Puckey, Adrienne (eds.). Te Rongopai 1814 'Takoto Te Pai!' Bicentenary Reflections on Christian Beginnings and Developments in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland: General Synod Office, 'Tuia', of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. pp. 72–85.
^Muir, Diana (2000). "Chapter 10". Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England.
ISBN978-0-87451-909-9.
^"Brylinski Pawel". Astro-Databank. June 27, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
^Torres, João Romano.
"Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo)". Portugal - Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 15, 2020.