1815 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

# 1815

### From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s

Years: 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 - 1815 - 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820

## [edit] Births

- January 10 - John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- February 15 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- April 1 - Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898)
- April 1 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
- April 6 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
- April 24 - Anthony Trollope, British author (d. 1882)
- August 5 - Edward John Eyre, explorer
- October 16 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
- October 31 - Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (d. 1897)
- November 2 - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- December 10 - Augusta Ada King (neé Byron), Countess of Lovelace, early English computer pioneer (d. 1852)
- November 12 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902)
- December 21 - Thomas Couture, French painter (d. 1879)

## [edit] Events

- Fresnel developed the theory of light diffraction.
- Napoleon loses the Battle of Waterloo and is sent to Saint Helena.

Retrieved from "http://simple.wikipedia.org../../../1/8/1/1815.html"

Category: 1815

##### Views

- Article
- Talk
- Newest version

##### Search

##### In other languages

- Afrikaans
- አማርኛ
- العربية
- Aragonés
- Asturianu
- Azərbaycan
- বাংলা
- Беларуская
- ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
- Bosanski
- Brezhoneg
- Български
- Català
- Чăвашла
- Česky
- Corsu
- Cymraeg
- Dansk
- Deutsch
- Eesti
- Ελληνικά
- English
- Español
- Esperanto
- Euskara
- Français
- Frysk
- Gaeilge
- Gàidhlig
- Galego
- 한국어
- Հայերեն
- हिन्दी
- Hrvatski
- Ido
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Interlingua
- Иронау
- Íslenska
- Italiano
- עברית
- Basa Jawa
- ქართული
- Kaszëbsczi
- Kiswahili
- Krèyol ayisyen
- Latina
- Lëtzebuergesch
- Lietuvių
- Lojban
- Lumbaart
- Magyar
- Македонски
- मराठी
- Bahasa Melayu
- Nederlands
- नेपाल भाषा
- 日本語
- Nnapulitano
- ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬
- ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬
- Nouormand
- Novial
- Occitan
- Polski
- Português
- Ripoarisch
- Română
- Русский
- Shqip
- Сибирской
- Sicilianu
- Slovenčina
- Slovenščina
- Српски / Srpski
- Suomi
- Svenska
- Tatarça
- తెలుగు
- ไทย
- Тоҷикӣ
- Türkçe
- Українська
- O'zbek
- Vèneto
- Walon
- Žemaitėška
- 中文