1817
1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
Events March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May - The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City. July 4 - At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. June 5 - First Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched. June 25 - Large prison riot in Copenhagen prison - army is sent for to quell it August 22 - City of Araraquara, Brazil founded. August 23 - Earthquake near the site of the ancient Greek city of Helike. 65 deaths. December 10 - Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state.
Unknown datesElgin Marbles displayed in British Museum Emperor Ninko ascends to the throne of Japan Battle of Maipü John Kidd extracts naphthalene from coal tar
Births February 19 - King William III of the Netherlands (d. 1890) February 22 - Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician March 6 - Clémentine of Orléans, daughter of King Louis-Philippe of France and mother of Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (d. 1907) March 22 - Braxton Bragg, Confederate general (d. 1876) May 15 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher June 30 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (d. 1911) July 12 - Henry David Thoreau, American philosopher (d. 1862) July 24 - Grand Duke Adolf of Luxembourg August 3 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general August 24 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet, and dramatist November 3 - Leonard Jerome, American entrepreneur, grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill (d. 1891) November 12 - Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (Bahá'u'lláh), founder of the Bahá'í Faith November 30 - Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian
DeathsJanuary 12 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)July 14 - Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, French writer (b. 1766)July 18 - Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
LiteratureSamuel Taylor Coleridge publishes Biographia Literaria
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