- 1815 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1815 in theUnited Kingdom . 1815 marked the end of years of war between the United Kingdom andFrance when Duke of Wellington won a decisive victory over Napoleon at theBattle of Waterloo . Fighting in theWar of 1812 between the UK and theUnited States also ceased. The year also saw the introduction of theCorn Laws which protected British land owners from cheaper foreign imports of corn.Incumbents
*Monarch -
George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ,Tory Events
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2 January
**Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke,Seaham ,County Durham .
** The Prince Regent divides theOrder of the Bath into three classes: the Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commander and Companions. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858|pages=13]
*3 January -Austria , Britain and Bourbon-restoredFrance form a secret defensive alliance treaty againstPrussia andRussia .
*8 January -War of 1812 : TheBattle of New Orleans is the last major battle of the war. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858]
*15 March -Corn Laws passed by Parliament. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/empireseapower_timeline_noflash.shtml|title=British History Timeline, BBC History|accessdate=2007-09-11]
*13 February - TheCambridge Union Society , one of the oldest debating societies in the world, founded at theUniversity of Cambridge .
*18 June -Napoleonic Wars : The Duke of Wellington wins a decisive victory over Napoleon at theBattle of Waterloo .cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820|accessdate=2007-09-11]
*20 June - A victory parade is held inLondon to mark the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
*10 July -Apothecaries Act 1815 , bans unlicensed medical practitioners.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 247-248|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*5 November -Ionian Islands become a British protectorate.Undated
* Use of
pillory is limited to punishment forperjury .
* William Smith produces the firstgeological map of a country coveringEngland andWales .
*Humphry Davy invents theDavy lamp .Publications
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Walter Scott 's novel "Guy Mannering ".Births
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12 February -Edward Forbes , naturalist (died 1854)
*24 April -Anthony Trollope , British author (died 1882)
*2 November -George Boole , English mathematician and philosopher (died 1864)
*10 December - Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace, early English computer pioneer (died 1852)Deaths
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1 January -William Creech , Scottish bookseller andLord Provost of Edinburgh (born 1745)
*8 January -Edward Pakenham , British general (killed in battle) (born 1778)
*16 January -Emma, Lady Hamilton , English mistress ofHoratio Nelson (born 1765)
*1 June -James Gillray , caricaturist (born 1757)
*18 June -Thomas Picton , British general (killed in battle) (born 1758)References
ee also
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