Date | Event |
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Jan 19 |
Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C) |
Feb 1 |
1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila) |
Feb 1 |
Seville, Spain surrenders to French |
Feb 1 |
US Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%) |
Feb 4 |
Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe. |
Feb 20 |
Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, executed. |
Feb 28 |
1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia |
Mar 6 |
Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US |
Mar 18 |
"Converse", 1st US opera, premieres in NY |
Apr 19 |
Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed. |
Apr 20 |
The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain. |
Apr 27 |
Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise. |
May 3 |
English poet Lord Byron swims the Hellespont (modern day Dardanelles) |
May 25 |
The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina |
May 25 |
In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo. |
Jun 23 |
John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) |
Jul 1 |
Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands |
Jul 4 |
French troops occupy Amsterdam |
Jul 9 |
Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire. |
Jul 20 |
Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), declare independence from Spain. |
Aug 9 |
Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. |
Aug 21 |
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. |
Sep 16 |
Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event |
Sep 18 |
Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) |
Sep 26 |
A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne. |
Oct 26 |
US annexes western Florida |
Oct 27 |
US annexes West Florida from Spain |
Dec 10 |
Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds) |
Dec 15 |
1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published |
Dec 22 |
British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 |
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