On This Day

March 1815 in History

Events in History

  • Mar 1 Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law
  • Mar 2 Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King
  • Mar 3 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
  • Mar 16 Willem I proclaimed King of the Netherlands, including Belgium

Napoléon Enters Paris

Mar 20 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule

Napoléon Bonaparte
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
  • Mar 24 Handel & Haydn Society of Boston founded

Birthdays in History

  • Mar 5 John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
  • Mar 9 David Davis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Cecil County, Maryland (d. 1886)
  • Mar 13 James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist, born in Milton, Pennsylvania (d. 1911)
  • Mar 28 Arsène Houssaye, French novelist and poet, born in Bruyères, France (d. 1896)

Deaths in History

  • Mar 5 Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), dies at 80
  • Mar 6 Lungtok Gyatso, 9th Dalai Lama, dies at 9

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