1810s
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| Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
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| Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s | |
| Years: 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 | |
Events and Trends
- End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815).
- The North American War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The war lasted until the beginning of 1815.
- The Luddites (1811 - 1816) in Britain were machine-wreckers, protesting against machines perceived as taking their jobs.
- The Spanish colony of New Granada declares independence as the Republic of Gran Colombia under President Simón Bolívar (1819 - 1828).
- The Congress of Vienna reshapes the map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon and introduces a policy of reaction and restoration throughout Europe (1814-1815)
- This is only decade after the 1770s in which no past or future President of the United States was either born or died.
- Gas lighting becomes a practical technology and is implemented in cities in Europe and the United States.
World leaders
- Emperor Francis II (Austria)
- Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
- Jiaqing Emperor (China)
- Emperor Napoleon I (First French Empire)
- King Louis XVIII (Restoration France)
- Pope Pius VII
- Emperor Alexander I (Russia)
- King Ferdinand VII (Spain)
- King George III (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), with his son as regent (see English Regency).
- President James Madison (United States)
- President James Monroe (United States)
- Fath Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
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