1816

Year 1816 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ). This year was known as because of globally low temperatures.

January - March

 * The of the  begins in January.
 * Known as the "" or "Eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death" in the northern hemisphere due to global cooling caused by the  eruption that had occurred in.
 * - Sir tested the  for Miners at  Colliery.
 * - Fire nearly destroyed the city of,.
 * - 's  debuts at, with a fiasco.
 * - A post office is established near the falls of the in eastern,  and named  for a rocky mound at the base of the falls.  The area grows slowly and is not incorporated until.
 * - Emancipation from in.
 * - dies and is succeeded by the later, his son and founder of the.

April - June

 * - In, the is established by  and other , the first such denomination completely independent of White churches.
 * -, later King of the Belgians, marries , but she dies the next year.
 * - between Hudson Bay and Northwest fur-trading companies, near, ,.

July - September

 * - gains independence from
 * - The passenger ship  runs aground off the coast of, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.
 * - The is signed in,.

October - December

 * - defeats  in.
 * - is admitted as the 19th.

Undated

 * becomes the 10th.
 * The British found.
 * A British expedition explores up from the mouth of the.
 * In, (1781-1826) invents the.
 * First known cultivation of the.
 * and first describe the.
 * The is founded.
 * is founded.
 * is incorporated.
 * flees England to escape gambling debts.
 * Large-scale slave insurrection in - one white and 176 slaves killed and 214 executed afterwards
 * annulled in France
 * The is established
 * founded by Rafał Bratoszewski

January - June

 * -, American university founder (d. )
 * -, British novelist (d. )
 * -, French general (d. )
 * -, American leader (d. ?)
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, Inventor of the Rugby Ball, the India-rubber inflatable bladder, the Brass Hand Pump for the same (d. )

July - December

 * -, French diplomat and author (d. )
 * -, American stage actress (d. )
 * -, American general (d. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman (d. )
 * -, English scholar (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, German inventor and industrialist (d. )
 * date unknown -, (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, British admiral (b. )
 * -, Polish szlachcianka (b. )
 * -, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. )
 * - Queen (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, and duc de Castiglione (b. )

July - December

 * -, Irish actress, mistress of King (b. )
 * -, Irish playwright (b. )
 * -, British and  (b. )
 * -, American statesman (b. )
 * -, English statesman and scientist (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, saint (b. )


 * See also .