1815 in France
See also: 1814 in France, other events of 1815, 1816 in France.
Events from the year 1815 in France.
Events
- 3 January - Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
- 26 February - Napoleon escaped from Elba.
- 1 March - Napoleon lands at Antibes.
- 20 March - Napoleon arrives back in Paris, ending the First Restoration of Louis XVIII of France.
- 22 April - Constitutional Referendum held.
- 22 April - Charter of 1815 signed bringing in a new French constitution.
- 16 June - Battle of Quatre Bras, inconclusive result.
- 16 June - Battle of Ligny, French defeat Prussian forces.
- 18 June - Battle of Waterloo, decisive defeat of French forces.
- 18 June-19 June - Battle of Wavre, inconclusive result.
- 24 June - Napoleon announces his abdication.
- 28 June - Battle of La Suffel, French victory over Austrian forces.
- 1 July - Battle of Rocquencourt, French victory over Prussian forces.
- 3 July - Battle of Issy, French defeat by Prussian forces.
- 8 July - Louis XVIII of France returns.
- 15 July - Napoleon I surrenders and is transported to England.
- 14 August - Elections to Chamber of Deputies produces a heavy ultra-royalist majority.
- 3 October - Fall of the Mars meteorite in Chassigny, Haute-Marne.
- 7 October - Chamber of Deputies (Chambre introuvable) first assembles.
- 15 October - Napoleon begins exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 20 November - Treaty of Paris signed following defeat and second abdication of Napoleon.
Births
January to June
July to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
July to December
Full date unknown
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