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( 1810s: )     1818
The Frenchman Jean Bernadotte, a former Napoleonic general who switched sides, becomes King of Sweden and Norway

Events

• February 5 – Upon his death, King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) is succeeded on both thrones by his adoptive son Charles XIV/III John, starting the Royal House of Bernadotte.
• February 12 – Chile proclaims its independence from Spain.
• March 15 – First Seminole War: General Andrew Jackson and his American army invade Florida.
• April 5 – Chilean War of Independence – Battle of Maipú: Patriot rebels, led by José de San Martín, decisively defeat the Spanish Royalists.
• May 11
  • Charles XIV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• July 1 – After a war that began on November 5, 1817, the forces of the East India Company defeat Baji Rao II in battle and acquire control over the Maratha Empire.
• July 11 – The Bank of the United States reverses its policy of expanding credit, and sends notices to its borrowers nationwide demanding immediate repayment of balances due; the defaults during the next six months will trigger the Panic of 1819.
• July 15 – U.S. President James Monroe convenes a cabinet meeting, to discuss whether General Andrew Jackson's unauthorized invasion and conquest of Spanish Florida should be disavowed by the White House. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams persuades the President that the action is justifiable, in stopping terror caused by the Seminole tribes.
• August 4 – 1818 United Kingdom general election for the House of Commons. The Tory Party, led by Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, retains its control of the government but loses some seats.
• September – Sir Stamford Raffles sets out to visit Lord Hastings, Governor-General of India, to gain his approval to establish a trading station at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula (modern-day Singapore).
• September 7 – Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
• October 20 – A treaty between the U.S. and the United Kingdom establishes the boundary between the U.S. and British North America as the 49th parallel, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, also creating the Northwest Angle.

 

Event

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Bucharest Polytechnic Institute			The largest technical university in Romania
University of Bonn		Public	Has a major deep state presence, both with recruitment and academic ties to intelligence services, and other aspects.
Dalhousie University		University	Canadian University with 91 Rhodes Scholars
Saint Louis University		Research Military ranks Non-profit Coeducational Society of Jesus	Private Jesuit university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Norway/Ministry/Justice and Public Security
Danmarks Nationalbank			The national bank of Denmark
Bonn University			Connections to the spook community

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary
Karl Marx	5 May 1818	Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Kingdom of Prussia Trier (present-day Trier	14 March 1883	Author Socialism
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild	29 June 1818	London	6 February 1874	Politician Businessperson

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