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American volunteers under Andrew Jackson defeat British regulars near New Orleans, two weeks after peace has been agreed at Ghent
Napoleon slips away from Elba with a fleet of small vessels and lands on the coast of France
Napoleon reaches Paris, already accompanied by an enthusiastic regiment that has joined him on his journey north
Scottish engineer John McAdam builds the first macadamized road, in the Bristol region of southwest England
Brazil is given equal standing with Portugal, forming together the Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil
The English and Prussian generals Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon in a closely fought battle at Waterloo
The first news of the victory at Waterloo is given to the British government by a private citizen, Nathan Mayer Rothschild
The rulers of Russia, Prussia and Austria form a Holy Alliance to preserve their concept of a Christian Europe
The congress of Vienna establishes a Confederation of the German States, now reduced in number to thirty-five
Napoleon, held on a British warship off Torquay and hoping now to live in Britain, becomes an instant tourist attraction
Poland becomes a kingdom of very limited independence, since the Russian tsar Alexander I is to be its king
The congress of Vienna leaves the Cape of Good Hope in British hands
The Spanish suppress the independence movement in Mexico with the capture and execution of its leader, Jose Maria Morelos
The Spanish recover Bogotá yet again and Bolívar flees into exile in Jamaica
Wellington is presented with a twice-life-size nude marble statue, by Canova, of his vanquished enemy Napoleon
English architect John Nash designs the exotic Royal Pavilion in Brighton for the Prince Regent
Jacques-Louis David, unmistakably identified as Napoleon's painter, is banished from France after the fall of the emperor and moves to Brussels
Louis Philippe, Duc D'Orléans rents during his exile the house in Twickenham that becomes known as Orleans House.
Napoleon is sent to a more secure place of exile, the rocky Atlantic island of St Helena
Henrietta Hotham dies and the Marble Hill estate is sold to Timothy Brent then living at Little Marble Hill. The house subsequently has a number of owners.
Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville has its premiere in Rome
Robert Finley, a US anti-slavery campaigner, founds the American Colonization Society to settle freed slaves in Africa
Shaka wins control of the Zulu and begins to build them into a formidable military machine
René Laënnec, reluctant to press his ear to the chest of a young female patient, finds a solution in the stethoscope
The independence of Argentina is formally proclaimed, dropping any pretence of remaining loyal to the Spanish king
