1013 Timeline 2

1815: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, is tried and executed by an Austrian military court in Pizzo for declaring war on the Seventh Coalition during Napoleon's Hundred Days. 1825: Ludwig I becomes King of Bavaria. 1841: First Opium War: British forces occupy Ningbo. 1843: The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith is founded in New York City, becoming the world's oldest and continuously operating Jewish service organization. 1860: Second Opium War (Second Expedition of the Anglo-French Allied Forces): British and French troops occupy Beijing and plunder the Old Summer Palace. 1881: Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda promotes Hebrew in Palestine, contributing to the revival of the Hebrew language. 1884: Greenwich Mean Time is officially adopted as the international standard time. 1885: The Qing Dynasty establishes the Zongli Haijun Shiwu Yamen, marking the formation of the Chinese Navy. 1892: Edward Emerson Barnard discovers the first comet discovered by photographic means.