Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The novel 'Emma' by Jane Austen was first published.
The Congress of Vienna declared Kraków, Poland, a free republic state, and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed.
Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
Napoleon I undertook a ceremony to make his authority officially recognized.
Mount Tambora erupted in Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba.
Switzerland opened the world's first commercial cheese factory.
