Eights 1815

• Date not known
• The information is from Sherwood (1900) citing Knollys (1873) as his source, who in turn is likely to have used old diaries. Sherwood simply says:

  The first record of eight-oared racing in Oxford is in 1815, when Brasenose was head, and Jesus possibly its only competitor.

• In other news ... [1815]

  Monarch: George III

  Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool (Tory)

  Apr 5–12

  Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies blows its top explosively during an eruption, killing upwards of 92,000, and propelling thousands of tons of aerosols (Sulfide gas compounds) into the upper atmosphere (stratosphere). The high level gases reflect sunlight, and cause the widespread cooling (known as a volcanic winter) and heavy rains of 1816, snows in June and July in the northern hemisphere, widespread crop failures, and subsequently famine, which is why 1816 is later known as the Year Without a Summer.

  June 18

  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher decisively defeat Napoleon.

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