Editing 1815 (section)

=== June ===
* [[June 9]] &ndash; The Final Act of the [[Congress of Vienna]] is signed: A new European political situation is set. The [[German Confederation]] and [[Congress Poland]] are created, and the [[Country neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]] of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, [[Luxembourg]] declares independence from the [[First French Empire|French Empire]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; The [[Duchess of Richmond's ball]] is held in [[Brussels]], "the most famous ball in history".<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford|last=Longford|first=Elizabeth|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_fwo9-URNEC&q=Marquise+D%E2%80%99Assche&pg=PA230|pages=230&ndash;234|editor=Hastings, Max|editor-link=Max Hastings|chapter=194|title=The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes|year=1986|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195205282}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-184831-247-0|title=Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature|first1=John|last1=Sutherland|author-link1=John Sutherland (author)|first2=Stephen|last2=Fender|location=London|publisher=Icon|year=2011|chapter=15 June|pages=228–9}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]:
** [[Battle of Ligny]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] defeats a Prussian army under [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]].
** [[Battle of Quatre Bras]] &ndash; Marshal [[Michel Ney|Ney]] engages [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], resulting in a tactical and strategic draw.
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Waterloo]] &ndash; Allied forces led by [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], and [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]] decisively, and this time permanently, defeat [[Napoleon]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Napoleon]] abdicates again; [[Napoleon II]] (1811–1832), age 4, nominally rules for two weeks (22 June to 7 July).
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Wellington's advancing Allied Army takes [[Péronne, Somme]], on its way to [[Paris]].