1817
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1814 1815 1816 – 1817 – 1818 1819 1820 |
| 1817 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science |
| Sports – Rail Transport |
| Countries: Australia – Canada – China – France – Germany – Ireland – Mexico – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – South Africa – Spain – UK – USA |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1817 (MDCCCXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1817
February 12: Battle of Chacabuco.
January–March
- January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
- February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: The Argentine/Chilean patriotic army defeats the Spanish.
- March 3
- President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill.
- U.S. Congress passes law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the Alabama Territory effective in August.[1]
- March 4 – James Monroe succeeds James Madison as President of the United States of America.
July 4: Erie Canal started.
April–June
- April – An earthquake strikes Palermo, Italy.
- April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England.
- April 15 – The first American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut.
- April 29 – The Rush-Bagot Treaty is signed.
- May – The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founds the General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City.
- June 25 – A large riot breaks out in Copenhagen Prison; the army is sent to quell it.
July–September
- July 4 – At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
- August 15 – By act of the U.S. Congress (March 3), the Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory in half, on the day the Mississippi constitution is drafted, 4 months before Mississippi becomes a U.S. state.[1]
- August 22 – The city of Araraquara, Brazil is founded.
- August 23 – An earthquake near the site of the ancient Greek city of Helike results in 65 deaths.
October–December
- October 31 – Emperor Ninkō accedes to the throne of Japan.
- November 20 – The first Seminole War begins in Florida.
- November 22 – Frédéric Cailliaud discovers the old Roman emerald mines at Sikait, Egypt.
- December 10 – Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state, formerly the Mississippi Territory.[1]
Elgin Marbles displayed.
Undated
- Elgin Marbles are displayed in the British Museum.
- John Kidd extracts naphthalene from coal tar.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge publishes Biographia Literaria.
- A typhus epidemic occurs in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- The Pernambucan Revolt breaks out in Brazil.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1817 MDCCCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2570 |
| Armenian calendar | 1266 ԹՎ ՌՄԿԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -27 – -26 |
| Bengali calendar | 1224 |
| Berber calendar | 2767 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2361 |
| Burmese calendar | 1179 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7325 – 7326 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年十一月十四日 (4453/4513-11-14) — to —
丁丑年十一月廿四日(4454/4514-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 1533 – 1534 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1809 – 1810 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5577 – 5578 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1873 – 1874 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1739 – 1740 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4918 – 4919 |
| Holocene calendar | 11817 |
| Iranian calendar | 1195 – 1196 |
| Islamic calendar | 1232 – 1233 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunka 14 (文化14年) |
| Korean calendar | 4150 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2360 |
January–June
- January 6 – J. J. McCarthy, Irish architect (d. 1882)
- January 8 – Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (d. 1893)
- February 19 – King William III of the Netherlands (d. 1890)
- February 22 – Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
- 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, American Confederate general (d. 1876)
- April 15 – Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College (d. 1893)
- May 15 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (d. 1905)
- May 19 – Theodor August Heintzman, Canadian piano manufacturer (d. 1899)
- June 30 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (d. 1911)
July–December
- July 12 – Henry David Thoreau, American philosopher (d. 1862)
- July 24 – Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1905)
- July 29 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900)
- August 3 – Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
- August 14 – Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
- August 24 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
- October 10 – Christophorus Buys Ballot, Dutch chemist and meteorologist (d. 1890)
- October 17 – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (Bahadaur) Founder of the Two Nation Theory for a future Pakistan (d. 1898)
- November 3 – Leonard Jerome, American entrepreneur and grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill (d. 1891)
- November 12 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
- November 17 – Benjamin Champney, American painter (d. 1907)
- November 30 – Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903)
Deaths
January–June
- January 12 – Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
- January 16 – Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (b. 1759)
- March 8 – Anna Maria Lenngren, Swedish writer (b.1754)
- April 4 – André Masséna, French marshal (b. 1758)
- April 12 – Charles Messier, French astronomer (b. 1730)
- June 24 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1734)
July–December
- July 14 – Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, French writer (b. 1766)
- July 18 – Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
- July 19 – John Palmer, Bath architect (b. c. 1738)
- July 24 – Karađorđe Petrović, Serb leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, and the founder of the Serbian House of Karađorđević (b. 1768)
- October 13 – Julius Caesar Ibbetson, artist (b. 1759)
- October 16 – Manuel Piar, Venezuelan military leader (b. 1774)
- November 11 – Francisco Javier Mina, Spanish military leader (b. 1789) (executed)
- November 14 – Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian spy and revolutionary who worked for the Independence of Colombia (b. 1795)
- November 30 – Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville, Canadian politician (b. 1748)
- 12 December – Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. c. 1751)
- date unknown – Usman dan Fodio, founder of Sokoto caliphate, (b. 1754)