Notable Historical Events - 1822
1822 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire |
Jan 7 |
1st printing in Hawaii |
Jan 7 |
Liberia colonized by Americans |
Jan 13 |
The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. |
Jan 14 |
Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti. |
Jan 15 |
Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly. |
Feb 4 |
Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa |
Feb 9 |
American Indian Society organizes |
Feb 9 |
Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic. |
Feb 23 |
Boston is incorporated as a city |
Mar 9 |
Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth |
Mar 19 |
Boston, Mass, incorporated as a city |
Mar 22 |
NY Horticultural Society founded |
Mar 30 |
Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory |
Mar 31 |
The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following a rebellion attempt, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. |
May 1 |
John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston |
May 3 |
Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded (Lyon, France) |
May 16 |
Greek War of Independence: Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. |
May 24 |
Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain |
May 30 |
House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) |
Jun 9 |
Charles Graham patents false teeth |
Jun 14 |
Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables". |
Jun 16 |
Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina |
Jun 18 |
Part of US-Canadian boundary determined |
Jun 18 |
Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested in SC |
Jul 8 |
Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom. |
Jul 14 |
Slave revolt in South Carolina under Denmark Vesey/Peter Poyas |
Jul 25 |
General Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st Emperor of Mexico |
Jul 26 |
Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin |
Jul 30 |
James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church |
Aug 10 |
Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die |
Sep 7 |
Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day) |
Sep 27 |
Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone. |
Oct 8 |
First eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley |
Oct 12 |
Second eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain |
Oct 19 |
In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí. |
Oct 20 |
1st edition of London Sunday Times |
Oct 26 |
King Willem I requires inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language |
Dec 1 |
Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil |
Dec 1 |
Franz Liszt's (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran |
Dec 2 |
In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US |
Dec 6 |
Veterinary school in Utrecht opens |
Dec 12 |
Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US |
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