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  • Venezuela
    Sunday Jun 2, 1816
    Simón Bolívar

    Fulfilled his promise to Pétion to free Spanish America's slaves

    Venezuela
    Sunday Jun 2, 1816

    In 1816, with Haitian soldiers and vital material support, Bolívar landed in Venezuela and fulfilled his promise to Pétion to free Spanish America's slaves on 2 June 1816.




  • Hurricane Township, Perry County, Indiana, U.S.
    1816
    Abraham Lincoln

    Moved to Indiana

    Hurricane Township, Perry County, Indiana, U.S.
    1816

    In 1816, the family moved to Indiana where the land surveys and titles were more reliable. Indiana was a "free" (non-slaveholding) territory, and they settled in an "unbroken forest" in Hurricane Township, Perry County, Indiana.




  • Egypt
    1816
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim succeeded his brother Tusun Pasha in command of the Egyptian forces

    Egypt
    1816

    In 1816, he succeeded his brother Tusun Pasha in command of the Egyptian forces in Arabia.




  • Vienna, Austria
    Oct, 1816
    Beethoven

    Inflammatory Fever

    Vienna, Austria
    Oct, 1816

    Between 1815 and 1819 Beethoven's output dropped again to a level unique in his mature life. He attributed part of this to a lengthy illness (he called it an "inflammatory fever") that he had for more than a year, starting in October 1816.




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