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Frederick I of Württemberg
1816 Oct, 30

Frederick I of Württemberg

Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
Frederick I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl; 6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816) was the ruler of Württemberg from 1797 to his death. He was the last Duke of Württemberg from 1797 to 1803, then the first and only Elector of Württemberg from 1803 to 1806, before raising Württemberg to a kingdom in 1806 with the approval of Napoleon I. He was known for his size: at 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) and about 200 kg (440 lb).

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Events on 1816

  • 20 Feb

    The Barber of Seville

    Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
  • 10 Apr

    Second Bank of the United States

    The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
  • 22 May

    Ely and Littleport riots of 1816

    A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.
  • 5 Aug

    Electrical telegraph

    The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
  • 14 Aug

    Cape Colony

    The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.