special events

Events

January–March

• January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic first sighted by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
• January 28 – Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
• February 9 – The George Washington University is chartered as The Columbian College of the District of Columbia by President Monroe.
• March 4 – James Monroe is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.
• March 25 (O.S.)/April 6 (N.S.) – Greece's traditional Independence Day(although more recent historical evidence suggests that the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire had started before this date).

[edit]April–June

• April 10 – Ecumenical Patriarch Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is blamed by the Ottoman government for being unable to suppress Greek independence and is hung outside the main gate of the Patriarchal Cathedral immediately after the celebration of Easter.
• May 5 – Emperor Napoléon I dies in exile on Saint Helena of stomach cancer.
• June 14 – King Badi VII of Sennar surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
• June 19 – The Philikí Etaireía are decisively defeated by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (inWallachia).
• June 24 – Battle of Carabobo: Simón Bolívar wins Venezuela's independence from Spain.
• June 27 – The New Hampton School is founded in the United States state of New Hampshire.

July–September

• July 10 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
• July 19 – George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• July 28 – Peru declares independence from Spain.
• August 10 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state (see History of Missouri).
• August 19 – Navarino Massacre: Greek rebels massacre 3,000 inhabitants of the city of Navarino.
• August 21 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the Eliza Frances.
• September 4 – Chilean general José Miguel Carrera is executed by an Argentinian military tribunal in the city of Mendoza.
• September 7 – The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of present dayVenezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.
• September 23 – Greek War of Independence: Siege of Tripolitsa ends when Greek rebels massacre all 35,000 Turkish and Jewish inhabitants of Tripoli, Greece.
• September 15 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica gainindependence from Spain.
• September 18 – Amherst College is founded in Massachusetts.
• September 27 – Mexico gains its independence from Spain following the Mexican War of Independence.

October–December

• November 16 – American Old West: The Santa Fe Trail is first used by a White American.
• November 28 – Panama declares independence from Spain (see History of Panama).
• December 1 – The Dominican Republic declares independence from Spain (see History of the Dominican Republic). It will be invaded by Haiti in 1822.
• December 6 – The South Orkney Islands are discovered by George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer.[1][2]
• December 19 – The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland begins to erupt.

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• High-quality cotton is introduced in Egypt.