WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1815
Find out what all happened May to October 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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