Video: 'Biography Lord Byron Full Documentary'

(Monday, April 25, 1816) — Romantic poet Lord Byron, beset by financial problems and personal turmoil (including a failed marriage), left his native England today at age 28, never to return.

Video: 'LHS-APUSH 2013-Martin vs. Hunter's Lesse'

(Wednesday, March 20, 1816) — U.S. Supreme Court, in Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, unanimously affirmed its right to review state court decisions under the Judiciary Act of 1789.

Video: 'The Barber of Seville'

(Tuesday, February 20, 1816) — The opera buffa The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini premiered today at the Teatro Argentina in Rome under its original title, “Almaviva, or the Useless Precaution.”

Although Rossini’s opera received a hostile reception from the audience the first night, it fared much better at its next performance.

Video: 'The War of 1812 - History - Documentary' (July 18, 1815 at 1:48:54)

(Tuesday, July 18, 1815) — Five months after the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812, the British peacefully turned over Fort Mackinac today to American Colonel Anthony Butler, then left for Drummond Island.

Video: 'Napoleon Bonaparte Biography'

(Thursday, June 22, 1815) — Napoleon Bonaparte, 45, today abdicated for a second time as Emperor of the French, this time in favor of his son Napoleon II.

Video: 'Top 5 Most Bizarre Disasters' (Oct. 17, 1814, at 0:07)

(Monday, October 17, 1814, around 5:30 p.m. local time) — The London Beer Flood inundated the St. Giles district of the British capital as a vat at Meux’s Brewery on Tottenham Court Road ruptured, causing other vats to burst as well and sending more than 320,000 gallons of beer into the streets; up to nine people were reported killed.

Video: 'The Forgotten War of 1812.' (Sep. 13, 1814, at 1:48:05)

(Tuesday, September 13, 1814, dawn local time; part of the Battle of Baltimore and War of 1812) — British naval forces began bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore today but were driven back by American defenders in a battle that lasted until the following morning.

Video: 'The Forgotten War of 1812.' (Sep. 12, 1814, at 1:40:13)

(Monday, September 12, 1814, 1:00 p.m. local time; part of the Battle of Baltimore and War of 1812) — The Battle of North Point took place in Maryland today as American forces slowed British troops advancing on Baltimore.

Video: 'Battle of Lake Champlain'

(Sunday, September 11, 1814, 10:30 a.m. local time; during the War of 1812) — An American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British today in the Battle of Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh, New York, finally ending British invasions of the northern States.

(Monday, May 30, 1814) — The first Treaty of Paris was signed today, ending war between France and the Sixth Coalition (the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Portugal and Prussia), with France retaining its boundaries of 1792.