1815

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years:	1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818
Categories:	Births - Deaths Establishments - Publications
Media:	1815 (Events)

1815 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1815th year of the Common Era (CE), the 15th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1815, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• "Year without a summer": The April 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia causes a volcanic winter characterized by a colder climate and reduced sunlight, leading to widespread crop failures, famine and disease.

Births

• Fu'ád Páshá, grand vizier and foreign minister of the Ottoman under Sultán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz. Bahá’u’lláh wrote the Lawh-i-Fu'ád shortly after his death in 1869.
• March 5: ‘Alí Páshá, grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire under Sultán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz, to whom Bahá’u’lláh addressed the Súriy-i-Ra'ís and Lawh-i-Ra'ís.