May 30 – The Arniston, an
East Indiaman ship repatriating wounded troops to England from
Ceylon, is wrecked near
Waenhuiskrans, South Africa, with the loss of 372 of the 378 people on board.
July 8 –
Napoleonic Wars:
Louis XVIII returns to Paris, and is 'restored' as King of France (he had declared himself king on 8 June 1795, at the death of his nephew, 10-year-old
Louis XVII, and had lived in Westphalia, Verona, Russia, and England).
August 2 –
Napoleonic Wars: Representatives of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia sign a convention at Paris, declaring that Napoleon Bonaparte is "their prisoner" and that "His safe keeping is entrusted to the British Government." [4]
November 20 – The
Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years, with the British government restoring the status quo of France, prior to when the
French Revolution began in
1789, after 26 years of turmoil.
^Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2011). "15 June". Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon. pp. 228–9.
ISBN978-184831-247-0.
^Charles Jean Tristan, Count Montholon, History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helen (E. Ferrett & Company, 1846) p83
^Andrew Roberts, Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo- and the Great Commanders who Fought it (Simon and Schuster, 2001) p199
^Tim Chapman, The Congress of Vienna 1814-1815 (Routledge, 2006) p60
^Adams, Charles Hansford (2005). The Narrative of Robert Adams: A Barbary Captive. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. x.
^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 247–248.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^Johnson, H. Earle (1986). "Handel and Haydn Society". In Hitchcock, H. Wiley; Sadie, Stanley (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Vol. II. London: Macmillan Press. p.
318.
ISBN0-943818-36-2.
May 30 – The Arniston, an
East Indiaman ship repatriating wounded troops to England from
Ceylon, is wrecked near
Waenhuiskrans, South Africa, with the loss of 372 of the 378 people on board.
July 8 –
Napoleonic Wars:
Louis XVIII returns to Paris, and is 'restored' as King of France (he had declared himself king on 8 June 1795, at the death of his nephew, 10-year-old
Louis XVII, and had lived in Westphalia, Verona, Russia, and England).
August 2 –
Napoleonic Wars: Representatives of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia sign a convention at Paris, declaring that Napoleon Bonaparte is "their prisoner" and that "His safe keeping is entrusted to the British Government." [4]
November 20 – The
Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years, with the British government restoring the status quo of France, prior to when the
French Revolution began in
1789, after 26 years of turmoil.
^Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2011). "15 June". Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon. pp. 228–9.
ISBN978-184831-247-0.
^Charles Jean Tristan, Count Montholon, History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helen (E. Ferrett & Company, 1846) p83
^Andrew Roberts, Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo- and the Great Commanders who Fought it (Simon and Schuster, 2001) p199
^Tim Chapman, The Congress of Vienna 1814-1815 (Routledge, 2006) p60
^Adams, Charles Hansford (2005). The Narrative of Robert Adams: A Barbary Captive. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. x.
^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 247–248.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^Johnson, H. Earle (1986). "Handel and Haydn Society". In Hitchcock, H. Wiley; Sadie, Stanley (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Vol. II. London: Macmillan Press. p.
318.
ISBN0-943818-36-2.