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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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The year 1816 AD is known as the Year Without a Summer...
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1816 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian...
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Jun 6, 2014 · On May 12, strong winds and freezing temperatures from Canada killed the buds on fruit trees. Inch-thick ice formed on ponds and streams from Maine to Upstate New York. By the end of May, corn plants froze in central Maine. Then on June 6, 1816, six inches of snow fell on New England.
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Apr 10, 2016 · Gloomy. Freezing cold. In Canada, winter can be all these things. But in 1816, that’s how the summer unfolded — and it would take nearly seventy years before we would understand why. Written by Peter McGuigan. — Posted April 10, 2016. Evidence from Hudson Bay region of severe cold in the summer of 1816. Cartoon by A. J. W. Catchpole.
May 11 – The American Bible Society is founded in New York City, New York. [3] June – Fort Dearborn is reestablished in the place that will become Chicago, IL. [4] August 24 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. November – James Monroe defeats Rufus King in the U.S. presidential election.
Sep 17, 2019 · On the trail of Frankenstein. 1 of 11. CNN —. It happened more than two centuries ago, but its impact remains enormous. Historians have credited the infamous “year without a summer” of 1816 ...
