German, Joseph von Fraunhofer invents the spectrocope for the chemical analysis of glowing objects.
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph.
The first plastic surgery is performed in England.
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1815
23 Sep 1815 - Great September Gale of 1815. The hurricane struck with an 11 foot storm surge to Providence, Rhode Island. New London, Connecticut was also in the path of this great storm, as was Massachusetts and much of New England.
Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp.
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1816
1816 was characterized as the year without any summer and frosts occurred during every month of the year.