Trail of Tears
Jan 27 US President James Monroe urges Congress to approve creation of Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River, for the relocation of Eastern Indian tribes to 'promote their welfare and happiness" [1]
John Quincy Adams Elected
Feb 9 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president
- Feb 12 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government & migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
- Feb 19 Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck" premieres in Vienna
- Feb 22 Russia and Britain establish the Alaska-Canada boundary
- Mar 2 1st grand opera in US sung in English, NYC
- Mar 4 John Quincy Adams inaugurated as the 6th US President
- Apr 10 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
- Apr 10 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon
- Apr 19 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
Il viaggio a Reims
Jun 19 Gioachino Rossini's opera "Il viaggio a Reims" (The Journey to Reims) premieres in celebration of the coronation of French King Charles X
- Jun 20 Coronation of Charles X, the last Bourbon King of France
- Jun 22 British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America
- Jul 20 Java War begins in the Dutch East Indies, a rebellion against Dutch rule led by Javanese Prince Diponegoro - lasts till 1830 and kills over 200,000 Javanese
- Jul 21 Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
- Jul 30 Malden Island is discovered in the central Pacific by British warship HMS Blonde
- Aug 6 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
- Aug 14 Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out
- Aug 25 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
- Aug 29 Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil
Locomotion No. 1
Sep 27 George Stephenson's "Locomotion No. 1" becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England
- Oct 7 Miramichi Fire - forest fire disaster in New Brunswick destroys Douglastown and Newcastle, killing 200 to 500 people
Don Sanche
Oct 17 1st opera by Franz Liszt, "Don Sanche" premieres in Paris
- Oct 26 Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opens
- Nov 26 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))
- Nov 29 Gioachino Rossini's comic opera "Il barbiere di Siviglia" (The Barber of Seville) become 1st opera performed in Italian in US, staged at New York City's Park Theater
- Dec 6 US President John Quincy Adams suggests establishment of a national observatory
Event of Interest
Dec 26 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December]
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