Events from the year 1815 in Germany.
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Events
- 3 January â Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
- 9 June â The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set. The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created, and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.
- 16 June-Napoleonic Wars â Battle of Ligny: Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
- 2 August â Napoleonic Wars: Representatives of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia sign a convention at Paris, declaring that Napoleon Bonaparte is "their prisoner" and that "His safekeeping is entrusted to the British Government."
- 26 September â Austria, Prussia and Russia sign a Holy Alliance, to uphold the European status quo.
- 20 November â The Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years, with the British government restoring the status quo of France, prior to when the French Revolution began in 1789.
Births
- 15 January â Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann, German photographer (d. 1901)
- 11 March â Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (d. 1879)
- 1 April- Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898)
- 6 April â Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
- 18 June â Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Bavarian general (d. 1881)
- 26 July â Robert Remak, German embryologist, physiologist and neurologist (d. 1865)
- 31 October â Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (d. 1897)
- 8 December â Adolph Menzel, German artist, painter (d. 1905)
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