1817 The British sign a Maratha kingdom, Nagpur, into its system of alliances. Those opposed sack and burn the British residence at Poona (Pune). 27,000 attack a British force of 2,800 a few miles north of Poona – the beginning of the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
1810–1819
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict |
|---|
| 1810 | 1821 | Mexican War of Independence Part of the Spanish American wars of independence |
| 1811 | 1812 | Cambodian rebellion (1811–12) |
| 1811 | 1811 | |
Events. February 6 – 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone. March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state (see History of Maine).
In February 1819, Representative James Tallmadge of New York introduced a bill that would admit Missouri into the Union as a state where slavery was prohibited. At the time, there were 11 free states and 10 slave states.
Victory in Battle
- Nov 11 Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain.
- Dec 16 Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage.
- Dec 26 A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
Events. January 8 – War of 1812 – Battle of New Orleans: American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat an invading British force. February 17 – War of 1812 ends. September 23 – The Great September Gale of 1815 is the first hurricane to strike New England in 180 years.
First, in 1810, the Republic of West Florida declared its independence from Spain, and was quickly annexed by the United States. Later, in 1818, the United States invaded Florida, resulting in the Adams-Onís Treaty, wherein Spain ceded the rest of Florida to the United States.
August 12 – Napoleonic Wars: Austria declares war on France. August 23 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Großbeeren: Napoleon is defeated by Prussia and Sweden. August 26 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Katzbach: Napoleon's troops are defeated by Prussia and Russia.
April 27 – The Dallas tariff is passed in Congress seeking to protect American manufacturing against an influx of cheaper British goods following the War of 1812. May 11 – The American Bible Society is founded in New York City, New York. November – James Monroe defeats Rufus King in the U.S. presidential election.
This decade was largely peaceful for Britain, with some foreign intervention. Domestic tensions ran high at the start of the decade, with the Peterloo Massacre (1819), the Cato Street Conspiracy (1820), and the Radical War (1820) in Scotland. However, by the end of the 1820s, many repressive laws were repealed.
Cities were dirty, noisy, and overcrowded. London had about 600,000 people around 1700 and almost a million residents in 1800. The rich, only a tiny minority of the population, lived luxuriously in lavish, elegant mansions and country houses, which they furnished with comfortable, upholstered furniture.
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- Louisiana Purchase. 828,000 square miles of land purchased from Napoleon, leader of France, by Thomas Jefferson in 1803.
- War of 1812.
- Missouri Compromise.
- Trail of Tears.
- Texas Rebellion.
- American System.
- Second Great Awakening.
- Mexican American War.
January–March. January 29 – Anna Ivanovna (Anna of Russia) becomes empress, following the death of her cousin, Emperor Peter II. February 26 – (February 15 O.S.) March 5 – The conclave to elect a new Pope begin with 30 Roman Catholic Cardinals, 12 days after the death of Pope Benedict XIII.
England in the 1830s was a country in thrall to industrialisation. But new machines gave rise to new political problems: a middle class with a growing political consciousness, the dangers of the unregulated, uninspected factory floor, and the drain of workers from the country to England's great industrial cities.
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later.
January 9 – At the Battle of Barari Ghat, Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the French, under the Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau. January 28 – Benning Wentworth creates the New Hampshire Grant of Pownal, Vermont.
There were huge population changes: The population grew 260 per cent in the years between 1750 and 1900. In 1750, about 15 per cent of the population lived in towns, but by 1900 it was 85 per cent. By 1900, London had 4.5 million people, and Glasgow had 760,000.
July–September. July 9 – French and Indian War – Braddock Expedition: British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed, and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by French and Indian forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.
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- Giuseppe Abbamonte.
- Abdullah bin Saud.
- Josef Abel.
- John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn.
- Agostino Accorimboni.
- Nathan Adadi.
- Abigail Adams.
- Joseph Adams (physician)
The Convention of 1818 set the boundary between the Missouri Territory in the United States and British North America (later Canada) at the forty-ninth parallel. Both agreements reflected the easing of diplomatic tensions that had led to the War of 1812 and marked the beginning of Anglo-American cooperation.
1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1818th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 818th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the
1919: strikes, riots and scaresRadicals bombed Wall Street, and workers went on strike in Seattle in February. During 1919, a series of more than 20 riotous and violent black-white race-related incidents occurred. These included the Chicago, Omaha, and Elaine Race Riots.
The Rush–Bagot Treaty or Rush–Bagot Disarmament was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812. It was ratified by the United States Senate on April 16, 1818, and was confirmed by Canada, following Confederation in 1867.
