WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1815
Find out what all happened March to December 1815

Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands. (16. March 1815)

The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance. (25. December 1815)

The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years. (10. April 1815)

Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. (1. March 1815)

Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. (15. October 1815)

The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed. (24. August 1815)

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France. (9. July 1815)

Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the King of Sri Lanka. (2. March 1815)

Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. (15. July 1815)

After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule. (20. March 1815)

End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set. (9. June 1815)

The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance. (11. December 1815)

Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo. (16. June 1815)

Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France. (1. June 1815)

The Second Serbian Uprising: a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire. (23. April 1815)

Foundation of Maceió, Brazil. (5. December 1815)

The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives. (30. May 1815)

Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland. (27. November 1815)

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time. (18. June 1815)