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| 1815 |
| | | English chemist Humphry Davy invents a safety lamp that shields the naked flame and prevents explosions in mines | |
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| 1815 |
| | | American volunteers under Andrew Jackson defeat British regulars near New Orleans, two weeks after peace has been agreed at Ghent | |
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| 1815 |
| | | Napoleon slips away from Elba with a fleet of small vessels and lands on the coast of France | |
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| 1815 |
| | | Napoleon reaches Paris, already accompanied by an enthusiastic regiment that has joined him on his journey north | |
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| 1815 |
| | | Scottish engineer John McAdam builds the first macadamized road, in the Bristol region of southwest England | |
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| 1815 |
| | | Brazil is given equal standing with Portugal, forming together the Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil | |
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| 1815 |
| | | The English and Prussian generals Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon in a closely fought battle at Waterloo | |
|  | Sketch map of the positions of the armies at Waterloo
National Archives, Kew
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| 1815 |
| | | The first news of the victory at Waterloo is given to the British government by a private citizen, Nathan Mayer Rothschild | |
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| 1815 |
| | | The rulers of Russia, Prussia and Austria form a Holy Alliance to preserve their concept of a Christian Europe | |
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| 1815 |
| | | The congress of Vienna establishes a Confederation of the German States, now reduced in number to thirty-five | |
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