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1815 in Germany

{{short description|Complete list of notable events taking place in 1815 Germany}}

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{{Year in Germany|1815}}

Events from the year 1815 in Germany.

Incumbents

= Kingdoms =

= Grand Duchies =

  • Grand Duke of Baden
  • Charles 10 June 1811 – 8 December 1818{{cite web|last=von Weech|first=Friedrich|title=Karl Ludwig Friedrich|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/artikelADB_pnd102285020.html |work=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|accessdate=25 July 2010|page=Onlinefassung|language=German}}
  • Grand Duke of Hesse
  • Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830){{cite book|title=Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans| trans-title=Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AINPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA38|year=1768|publisher=Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel|location=Bourdeaux|language=fr|page=38}}
  • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)
  • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • Charles II (2 June 1794 – 6 November 1816){{cite book |last= Huish |first= Robert | title =Public and Private Life His Late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty George The Third | publisher =T. Kelly | year =1821 | page =170 }}
  • Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  • Wilhelm (6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 ) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.{{cite web |title=Oldenburg Royal Family |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Oldenburg_Royal_Family.htm |website=Monarchies of Europe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317161934/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Oldenburg_Royal_Family.htm |access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=17 March 2006 }}
  • Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)
  • Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  • Karl August (1809–1815)

= Principalities =

= Duchies =

  • Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
  • Leopold III (16 December 1751 – 9 August 1817)J. Morley, "The Bauhaus Effect," in Social Utopias of the Twenties (Germany: Müller Bushmann press, 1995), 11.
  • Duke of Brunswick
  • Frederick William (16 October 1806 – 16 June 1815)
  • Charles II (16 June 1815 – 9 September 1830)Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766.
  • Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
  • Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick
  • Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Ernest I.|volume=9|page=751}}
  • Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
  • Bernhard II (24 December 1803–20 September 1866){{cite web|url=http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie/georg-i.php|title=Biografie Georg I (German)|publisher=Meininger Museen|accessdate=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915152148/http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie/georg-i.php|archive-date=15 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
  • Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
  • Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 1775 – 25 March 1816){{cite book|last=Albinus|first=Robert|title=Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung|publisher=Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg|year=1985|isbn=3-7921-0320-6|location=Leer|pages=371|language=de}}

Events

  • 3 January – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.

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  • 9 June – 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 – Battle of Ligny: Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
  • 2 August – 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."Charles Jean Tristan, Count Montholon, History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helen (E. Ferrett & Company, 1846) p83
  • 26 September – Austria, Prussia and Russia sign a Holy Alliance, to uphold the European status quo.Tim Chapman, The Congress of Vienna 1814-1815 (Routledge, 2006) p60
  • 20 November – 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

Deaths

References

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