1821
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The coronation banquet for George IV |
1821 was a
common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
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March 25 -
Greece declares its independence from the
Ottoman Empire, beginning the
Greek War of Independence.
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June 19 - Decisive defeat of the
Philikí Etaireía by the
Ottomans at
Drăgăşani (in
Wallachia).
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June 24 -
Simón Bolívar wins the
Battle of Carabobo, ensuring
Venezuela's independency from
Spain. (See
Venezuela's independence.)
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July 10 - The
United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of
Florida from
Spain.
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July 19 -
George IV is crowned king of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland*
July 28 -
Peru declares independence from
Spain. (See
Peru's Independence from Spain).
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August 10 -
Missouri is admitted as the 24th
U.S. state. (See
History of Missouri.)
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September 11 -
Greek War of Independence -
Tripoli, Greece falls to attacking Greeks; Greeks proceed to kill most of the Turkish population
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September 15 -
Guatemala,
El Salvador,
Honduras,
Nicaragua and
Costa Rica gain independence from
Spain. (See
History of Central America)
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September 18 -
Amherst College is founded.
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September 27 -
Mexico gains its independence from
Spain. (See
Mexican War of Independence.)
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November 9 - the first American pharmacy college holds classes in
Philadelphia.
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November 16 -
American Old West:
Santa Fe Trail used by first
White American.
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November 28 -
Panama declares independence from
Spain. (See
History of Panama).
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January 8 -
James Longstreet, American Confederate general (d.
1904)
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January 8 -
W.H.L. Wallace, American Civil War general (d.
1862)
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February 3 -
Elizabeth Blackwell, first American female physician (d.
1910)
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February 11 -
Hermann Allmers, writer (d.
1902)
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February 11 -
Auguste Edouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d.
1881)
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February 17 -
Lola Montez, Irish Spanish dancer and royal mistress (d.
1861)
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February 19 -
August Schleicher, German linguist (d.
1868)
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March 1 -
Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German
Old Catholic bishop (d.
1896)
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April 3 -
Fr. Thomas Pelham Dale English mystic (d.
1892)
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April 9 -
Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet and writer (d.
1867)
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May 8 -
William Henry Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d.
1885)
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May 16 -
Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d.
1894)
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May 17 -
Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopath (d.
1897)
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July 1 -
Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, French archaeologist (d.
1904)
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July 18 -
Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d.
1910)
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August 10 -
Jay Cooke, American financier (d.
1905)
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September 28 -
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs African-American minister and politician (d.
1874)
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October 13 -
Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d.
1902)
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November 11 -
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d.
1881)
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November 30 -
Frederick Temple,
Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1902)
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December 12 -
Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d.
1880)
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December 25 -
Clara Barton, First president of American Red Cross (d.
1912)
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Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Canadian politician (d.
1893)
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January 4 -
Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (b.
1774)
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February 23 -
John Keats, British poet (b.
1795)
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March 13 -
John Hunter, second Governor of New South Wales (b.
1737)
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May 5 -
Napoleon I of France (b.
1769)
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May 19 -
Camille Jordan, French politician (b.
1771)
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June 7 -
Tudor Vladimirescu, Wallachian rebellion-leader (b. cca.
1780)
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September 10 -
Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian
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October 11 -
John Ross Key commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of
Francis Scott Key (b.
1754)
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November 8 -
Jean Rapp, French general (b.
1771)
