In the year 1815, Battle of New Orleans is fought, though the war - War of 1812 - has ended (Jan 8), the first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland (Feb 3), the Spanish reconquest of Latin America begins (Feb 17), the War of 1812 officially ends (Feb 18), Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba, and begins his (last) Hundred Days rule (Mar 20), the German Confederation and Congress Poland are created (Jun 9), in the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington defeats Napoleon (Jun 18), Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena (Oct 15), the Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years (Nov 20), Jane Austen’s Emma is published (Dec 23) - and all these fine people were born:

1815-xxxx Constantine Paparrigopoulos* Greek historian/founder of modern Greek historiography - Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (1891/c.75) 1815-0101 1815-0110 1815-0120 1815-0121 Daniel McCallum* Scottish-American railroad engineer/one of the early pioneers of management - Johnstone, Scotland (1878/63) 1815-0121 Horace Wells* dentist/pioneer in anesthesia in dentistry - Hartford, VT USA (1848/33) 1815-0131 Anna Jaakontytär Sillanpää** mother of Susanna Iisakintytär Linnusmaa - Jaläsjärvi, GD of Finland (unknown) 1815-0218 Mathilde Esch* painter - Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (1904/89) 1815-0305 John Wentworth* U.S. congressman/mayor of Chicago - Chicago, IL USA (1888/73) 1815-0311 Anna Bochkoltz* opera singer/ voice teacher/composer - Trier, Germany (1879/64) 1815-0314 John Fox Slater* philanthropist - Slatersville, RI USA (1884/69) 1815-0320 Arnold Damen* Jesuit priest/active in Chicago/founded Holy Family Church and St. Ignatius High School - De Leur, Holland (1890/74) 1815-0401 Edward Clark* Governor of Texas - New Orleans, LA USA (1880/65) 1815-0401 Otto von Bismarck* statesman - Schönhausen, Saxony, Prussia (1898/83) 1815-0424 Anthony Trollope* novelist - London, England (1882/67) 1815-0428 Johan Edvard Lundström* safety match maker/industrialist - Jönköping, Sweden (1888/73) 1815-0502 David S. Walker* politician/ Governor of Florida - Logan County, Kentucky (1891/76) 1815-0511 Granville George Leveson-Gower* nobleman/ statesman - London, England (1891/75) 1815-0623 Hugh McFarlane* Irish-American businessman/politician/to U.S. at age 20 - County Tyrone, Ireland (1882/67) 1815-0630 Wilhelm von Ramming* Austrian general - Nemošice, Bohemia (1876/61) 1815-0731 John Carter* mouth artist/silk weaver - Coggeshall, Essex, England (1850/34) 1815-0805 Edward John Eyre* explorer of the Australian continent/ Governor of Jamaica - Whipsnade, England (1901/86) 1815-0816 Don Bosco* (b Giovanni Bosco) Roman Catholic priest/educator/ writer - Castelnuovo d’Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (1888/72) 1815-1001 Charles Beecher* minister/ composer of religious hymns/author – Litchfield, CT USA (1900/84) 1815-1005 Georg Theodor Chiewitz* engineer/ architect/city planner/active in Finland  - Stockholm, Sweden (1862/47) 1815-1008 Ernst Odert Reuter* priest/author - Oravainen, GD of Finland (1890/74) 1815-1010 1815-1016 Francis Lubbock* Governor of Texas - Beaufort, SC USA (1905/89) 1815-1020 1815-1031 1815-1112 Elizabeth Cady Stanton* suffragist/social activist - Johnstown, NY USA (1902/86) 1815-1124 Grace Darling* Victorian heroine - Bamburgh, Northumberland, England (1842/26) 1815-1208 Adolph Menzel* German painter/illustrator - Breslau, German Empire (1905/89) 1815-1210 Ada Lovelace* (b Byron) mathematician/writer/ often regarded as one of the first computer programmers - London, England (1852/36) 1815-1213 Pálné Veres* Hungarian teacher/feminist - Lázi, Austrian Empire (1895/79) 1815-1222 Johann Jakob Bachofen* antiquarian/ philologist/anthropologist - Basel, Swiss Confederation (1887/71) 1815-1231 Updated 3.4.2023-5 Search for another year here