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Historical Events in May 1815

  • May 3 Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats King Joachim of Naples
  • May 16 The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains
  • May 24 English surveyor George Evans is the first European to discover the Lachlan River, Australia