Dictator Simón Bolívar
Feb 10 Simón Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
- Feb 16 Athenaeum club founded in London
- Feb 20 First description of a dinosaur published - ‘Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield’ to the Geological Society of London by William Buckland - the beginning of dinosaur mania [1]
- Mar 2 Interstate commerce comes under federal control
- Mar 4 The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
- Mar 5 First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma
- Mar 7 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
- Mar 11 US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Mar 17 Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
- Mar 21 Fire at a Cairo ammunition dump kills 4,000 horses
Missa Solemnis
Apr 7 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Apr 17 Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N
- May 2 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
- May 7 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
- May 10 The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall
The Greatest Crime in Literary History
May 17 The diaries of Lord Byron are burnt by six of the poet's friends at the office of John Murray in London, sometimes described as “the greatest crime in literary history”
- May 24 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
- May 26 Brazil is recognized by the US
- Jun 4 First free press (without government approval) founded in Australia - the Hobart Town Gazette by ex-convict Andrew Bent [1]
- Jun 8 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
- Jun 17 US Bureau of Indian Affairs established
- Jun 21 Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea
1st Public Opinion Poll
Jul 24 Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll, with a clear lead for Andrew Jackson
- Jul 25 Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
Rossini Becomes Theater Manager
Jul 30 Italian composer Gioachino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian in Paris, France
- Aug 4 Battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks
- Aug 6 Battle at Junan - Simon Bolívar's army defeats the Spanish
- Aug 14 General Lafayette returns to US
- Aug 15 Freed American slaves establish Liberia on the West African coast through the American Colonization Society (ACS)
- Sep 12 Moreton Bay Penal Settlement established at Redcliffe, Queensland, with about 30 convicts (modern Brisbane, Australia) [1]
- Sep 26 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) & lives
1st President of Mexico
Oct 10 Guadalupe Victoria takes office as the first (interim) President of the United Mexican States
- Oct 21 Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire, England)
- Oct 26 First presidential election in American history where the popular vote is important with 18 states choosing presidential electors by popular vote. Andrew Jackson wins the most votes but is short of a majority, forcing a contingent election in the House of Representatives which John Quincy Adams wins.
- Nov 7 St Petersburg floods to 4.20m, city's greatest flood
- Nov 15 Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Nov 16 New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
- Nov 19 Storm causes flooding in St Petersburg, killing 10,000
- Nov 21 First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, South Carolina
- Nov 30 First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal
Presidential Election Deadlock
Dec 1 US House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (Adams wins)
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