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January 29:George IV became the King of England upon the death of George III; the widely unpopular king had been regent to his father since 1811 and died in 1830. March: The Missouri Compromisebecame law in the United States. The landmark legislation effectively avoided dealing with the issue of enslavement for the next few decades. March 22: Ameri...
February 22: The Adams-Onis Treatybetween the U.S. and Spain went into effect. This treaty established the southern border of the Louisiana Purchase, including the cession of Florida to the U.S., making the peninsula no longer a safe haven for freedom seekers. March 4: James Monroewas sworn in for his second term as president of the United States. ...
May 30: Arrests in Charleston, South Carolina, prevented a sophisticated and complex uprising by enslaved people, which had been planned by Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved person. Vesey and 34 conspirators were tried and executed, and the church where he was leader and congregate was burned to the ground. In England, Charles Babbagedesigned the ...
December 23: The poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moorewas published in a newspaper in Troy, New York. December: President James Monroe introduced the Monroe Doctrineas part of his annual message to Congress. It opposed further European colonization in the Americas, and promised to not interfere with the internal affairs of Europe...
March 2: The landmark Supreme Court decision Gibbons v. Ogdenended a monopoly of steamboats in the waters around New York City. The case opened up the steamboat business to competition, which made great fortunes possible for entrepreneurs such as Cornelius Vanderbilt. But the case also established principles regarding interstate commerce which appl...
February 9: The election of 1824 was settled by a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, which elected John Quincy Adams as president. Supporters of Andrew Jackson claimed a "Corrupt Bargain" had been struck between Adams and Henry Clay. March 4: John Quincy Adams was inauguratedas president of the United States. October 26: The entire length o...
January 30: In Wales, the 1,300 foot Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait opened. Still in use today, the structure ushered in an age of great bridges. July 4: John Adams died in Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson died in Virginia, on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Their deaths left Charles Carroll ...
March 26: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 56. August 12: English poet and artist William Blakedied in London, England at the age of 69. Artist John James Audubon published the first volume of Birds of America, which would eventually contain 435 life-size water colors of North American birds and become the archet...
Summer–Fall: The election of 1828was preceded by perhaps the dirtiest campaign ever, with supporters of Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams hurling shocking accusations—such as murder and prostitution—at one another. November: Andrew Jacksonwas elected president of the United States.
March 4: Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as president of the United States, and raucous supporters nearly wreck the White House. Cornelius Vanderbiltbegan operating his own fleet of steamboats in New York Harbor. Religious freedom increased in Ireland, thanks to the Catholic Emancipation movement of Daniel O’Connell. September 29: The Metropolitan P...
Historical Events for the Year 1820. 28th January » A Imperial Russia or Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast. 30th January » Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
28 de feb. de 2021 · March 3, 1820: The Missouri Compromise, precariously balancing the practice of enslavement, holds the Union together, at least temporarily. 1824: The U.S. election that made John Quincy Adams president is bitterly contested and must be resolved by the House of Representatives. 1825: The Erie Canal opens, making New York the Empire State.
Events. February 6 – 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone. March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state (see History of Maine).
March 9, 1820 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain accepts the new constitution, beginning the Liberal Triennium ("Trienio Liberal"). July 1820 – A Constitutionalist revolution occurs in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. August 24, 1820 – A Constitutionalist insurrection breaks out at Oporto, Portugal.
1801. Tsar Paul I Assassinated. Act of Union UK Enacted. The Battle of Copenhagen. Cairo Captured. Ultraviolet Radiation Discovered. Thomas Jefferson Becomes President. 1802. West Point Military Academy. 1803. The Louisiana Purchase. Railway Before Trains. Ohio Becomes The 17th state in the Union.
