1811: British Regency: George, Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom.
8 Jan 1811: Joannes Nijhuis is born in Borne, Overijssel Nederland.
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1814
1814: The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 is signed
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1815
1815: Willem I becomes King of the Netherlands.
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1816
1816: Known as the "Year Without A Summer" in the northern hemisphere due to global cooling caused by the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption that had occurred in 1815.
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1819
1819: Walter Scott writes his historical novel Ivanhoe.
Mar 1819: The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrives at Liverpool, England on June 20.
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1821
May 1821: Emperor Napoléon I dies in exile on Saint Helena of arsenic poisoning.
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1822
1822: The last public whipping is carried out in Edinburgh
1822: Britain repeals the death penalty for over 100 crimes
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1823
1823: Joseph Smith, Jr. says that he was directed by God through the angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates are stored.
He was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism.
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1824
1824: The name Australia, recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, is finally adopted as the official name of the country once known as New Holland.
1809 - 1824 (15 years)
