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August 14 – The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the southern Atlantic Ocean, ruling it from the Cape Colony. August 27 – Bombardment of Algiers: An anglo-Dutch fleet forces Omar Agha, Dey of Algiers to free Christian slaves.
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28 June – Luddites destroy the bobbinet lace machines in...
- Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 AD is known as the Year Without a Summer...
- 1816 in the United Kingdom
Jun 6, 2014 · The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June and every month of the year had a hard frost. Temperatures dropped to as low as 40 degrees in July and August as far south as Connecticut. People also called it ‘Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death’ and the ‘Poverty Year.’.
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Mar 24, 2018 · By. Robert McNamara. Updated on March 24, 2018. The Year Without a Summer, a peculiar 19th-century disaster, played out during 1816 when the weather in Europe and North America took a bizarre turn that resulted in widespread crop failures and even famine. The weather in 1816 was unprecedented.
February 12 – Fire almost destroyed the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. May 2 – Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (later known as King of the Belgians) marries Charlotte Augusta, but she dies the next year. June 19 – Battle of Seven Oaks between Hudson Bay and Northwest fur-trading companies, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Historical events from year 1816. Learn about 45 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1816 or search by date or keyword.
