HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

When The Barber of Seville premieres in 1816:

• France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever .
• U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions.
• U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves.
• James Monroe is elected the fifth president of the U.S., defeating Federalist Rufus King.
• Indiana becomes the 19th state.
• The patent for a dry dock is issued to John Adamson, Boston.