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Jan Potocki (1761 - 1815) - Jahsonic www.jahsonic.com/JanPotocki.html Lifespan: 1760s - 1815 ... as Saragossa Manuscript), by the Polish author Jan Potocki (1761-1815), is a frame tale novel from the period of the Napoleonic Wars. 1810s - Jahsonic www.jahsonic.com/1810s.html ... near Newcastle, England 1815 On returning from Elba, Napoleon sends press-gangs into the student quarter in Paris, trying to round up an army; most escape ... E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776 -1822) - Jahsonic www.jahsonic.com/ETAHoffmann.html Titles: The Devil's Elixir (1815/16) - The Sandman (1817). Legacy: Hoffmann is one of the best-known representatives of German Romanticism, and a pioneer of ... Erotická revue | Jahsonic blog.jahsonic.com/eroticka-revue/ Jun 24, 2008 - Emmanuel de Ghendt (1738-1815), Midday Heat, an engraving after Baudouin. Speaking of Czech surrealism, I just found some Svankmajer ... Caricature - Jahsonic www.jahsonic.com/Caricature.html James Gillray (1757 - June 1, 1815), British caricaturist, was born at Chelsea, London. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gillray [Jul 2005]. see also: caricature ... The 19th Century - Jahsonic www.jahsonic.com/1800s.html As a result, the period between 1815 and 1871 saw a large number of revolutionary attempts and independence wars. Even though the revolutionaries were ... Translations by Paul Bowles | Jahsonic blog.jahsonic.com/translations-by-paul-bowles/ Aug 17, 2006 - Historians sometimes define a Nineteenth Century historical era stretching from 1815 (The Congress of Vienna) to 1914. Reply ↓ ... Das Gespensterbuch (1569
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Art and culture
- The first volume of The Devil's Elixir, a collection of tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann is published in 1815.
- June 9 – Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set. The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed.
Births
January–June
- January 11 – John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada, Father of Confederation (d. 1891)
- January 16 – Henry Halleck, American general (d. 1872)
- February 15 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)
- April 1 – Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898)
- April 1 – Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
- April 6 – Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
- April 24 – Anthony Trollope, British author (d. 1882)
- May 27 – Sir Henry Parkes, father of Australian Federation (d. 1896)
- June 18 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Bavarian general (d. 1881)
July–December
- August 5 – Edward John Eyre, explorer (d. 1901)
- August 16 – Saint John Bosco, priest and educator (d. 1888)
- October 16 – Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
- October 23 – João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
- October 31 – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (d. 1897)
- November 2 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- November 12 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902)
- December 10 – Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace, early English computer pioneer and the daughter of Lord Byron (d. 1852)
- December 21 – Thomas Couture, French painter (d. 1879)
- December 31 – George Meade, American general (d. 1872)
Deaths
January–June
- January 8 – Edward Pakenham, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1778)
- January 16 – Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (b. 1765)
- February 24 – Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765)
- February 26 – Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
- March 4 – Frances Abington, English actress (b. 1737)
- March 5 – Franz Mesmer, German developer of animal magnetism (b. 1734)
- April 21 – Joseph Winston, American patriot and Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)
- May 25 – Domenico Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1772)
- June 1 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1753)
- June 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick, German noble and general (killed in battle) (b. 1771)
- June 18 (killed at the Battle of Waterloo):
- Thomas Picton, British general (b. 1758)
- Claude-Etienne Michel, French general (b. 1772)
- Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
July–December
- August 2 – Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (murdered) (b. 1763)
- August 6 – James A. Bayard (elder), U.S. Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
- September 9 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (b. 1738)
- September 13 – Mihály Gáber, Slovene writer in Hungary (b. 1753)
- September 20 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (b. 1725)
- October 13 – Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (executed) (b. 1767)
- October 19 – Paolo Mascagni, Anatomist (b. 1755)
- October 22 – Claude Lecourbe, French general (b. 1759)
- December 3 – John Carroll (priest), first American Roman Catholic Archbishop (b. 1735)
- December 7 – Michel Ney, French marshal (executed) (b. 1769)
- December 29 – Saartjie Baartman, sideshow performer
