1816 

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

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

Years: 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 - 1816 - 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821

Events

• December 11 - Indiana is admitted as the 19th U.S. state.
• The "Year Without A Summer", caused by the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption.
• Argentina gains independence from Spain
• November - James Monroe defeats Rufus King in U.S. presidential election
• In France, René Laennec (1781-1826) invents the stethoscope.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1816 in literature:

Births

• April 21 - Charlotte Bronte, British novelist
• July 31 - George Henry Thomas, American general (+ 1870)
• November 17 - August Wilhelm Ambros, composer
• December 13 - Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist
• William Marsh Rice, philanthropic founder of Rice University

Deaths

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