Editing 1815 (section)

=== October ===
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Robert Adams (sailor)|Robert Adams]], American sailor and the first Westerner to visit [[Timbuktu]], is found wandering the streets of London, starving and half-naked, leading to the invitation for him to tell his story as a [[Barbary slave trade|Barbary captive]], which is later published as ''[[The Narrative of Robert Adams]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Charles Hansford|title=The Narrative of Robert Adams: A Barbary Captive|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|page=x}}</ref>
* [[October 3]] &ndash; The [[Chassigny (meteorite)|Chassigny]] [[Martian meteorite]] falls in [[Chassigny, Haute-Marne]], France.
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Napoleon]] begins his exile on [[Saint Helena]] in the Atlantic Ocean.
* [[October 23]] &ndash; A [[1815 Pinglu earthquake|6.8 earthquake]] shakes northern [[China]] causing many houses and caves to collapse, killing at least 13,000 people.