Timeline: 1811 to 1820

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1811

More than 200 slaves from different plantations near New Orleans join together with stolen arms to rebel against their masters. They are caught and executed.
Three South American countries declare independence: Venezuela, Bolivia, and Colombia. Fighting breaks out with the Spanish authorities there.

1812

Ali Pasha drives the Wahhabi and Saudis out of Medina and Mecca.
In England, industrial workers called Luddites destroy new machinery, fearing technological unemployment. Some are executed.
Priests in Caracas claim that an earthquake is God's anger against government sins. Spain's military regains control of the city.
At sea, Britain counter-blockades France. Britain's prime minister instructs the British navy to avoid clashes with Americans; the US declares war against Britain.
Napoleon marches into Russia. 30,000 of his men are killed or captured. His terrible march back from Russia ends his campaign with none of the original army of 600,000.

1813

Russia does not protect their fellow Orthodox Christians, the Serbs, who rebelled against Ottoman rule. The Ottoman Empire moves against the Serbs, and Albanian troops plunder Serb villages.
Spain, British and Spanish forces defeat Napoleon’s military. Napoleon withdraws from Germany.
Canadian Laura Secord walks 20 difficult miles to warn of a surprise attack by an invading US force, becoming a national heroine.

1814

A treaty ends the war between the United States and Britain, restoring peace and friendship.
Russian and Prussian forces enter Paris. Napoleon is exiled to the island of Elba.
Vienna agrees to stop the slave trade.

1815

An Indonesian volcano erupts, causing days with no sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. Crops fail and livestock die, creating the worst of 19th century famines.
Napoleon is finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo (Belgium).

1816

Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein.
The British return their Indonesian empire to the Dutch.
Spain's army drives Simón Bolivar from New Grenada, but he establishes a base in the Venezuelan rainforest.

1818

1819

In England, 60,000 people call for the universal right to vote. When the speaker is arrested, people riot and eleven are killed. A movement for reform grows.

1820

In England, revolutionaries kill government cabinet ministers, attempting to trigger a massive uprising. The conspirators are tried and five of them hang.
A liberal uprising begins in Spain, mainly with soldiers wanting a constitutional monarchy or a republic.