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Historical Event(s)
– Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
– After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his “Hundred Days” rule.
– The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
– The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
– Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
– Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
– Napoleonic Wars: Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
– The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
– Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
– Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Bickerton, Mormon prophet (d. 1905)
– Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
– John Wentworth, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 1888)
– Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
– Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
– John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
– Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (d. 1868)
– Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragette (d. 1902)
– William Sawyer, Canadian politician (d. 1904)
– Thomas Couture French painter and teacher (d. 1879)