Births on June 18

Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte

Born on June 18, 1816

Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon (d. 1907)

Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte (18 June 1816 – 16 January 1907) was the reputed daughter of Napoleon by his mistress, Albine de Montholon, wife of Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, and sister of Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville.She was born Napoléone Marie Hélène Charlotte de Montholon-Sémonville in Saint Helena while Albine and Montholon were with Napoleon in exile there. Napoleon never acknowledged Hélène, although she was said to bear a striking resemblance to him. Nothing else is known of Hélène's life after she left Saint Helena. She died at Aix-en-Provence, aged 90.

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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.

Births on June 18

Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte

Born on June 18, 1816

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Events on 1816

The Barber of Seville

Second Bank of the United States

Ely and Littleport riots of 1816

Electrical telegraph

Cape Colony