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January 16 Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies January 28 Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore February 6 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore February 22 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) February 28 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schafers Klageleid" March 2 Territory of Arkansas organized March 2 U.S. passed its 1st immigration law April 2 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins April 26 Odd Fellows Lodge forms May 21 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in U.S. introduced in New York City May 22 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) June 12 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra June 20 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) July 3 1st savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors July 4 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet August 2 1st parachute jump in U.S. August 7 Battle of Boyaca; Bolivar defeats Spanish in Colombia August 16 Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators September 6 Thomas Blanchard patents lathe September 17 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii October 22 1st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica) December 14 Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state December 17 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain |
Charles Kingsley 1819 - 1875 George Eliot 1819 - 1880 Herman Melville 1819 - 1891 James Russell Lowell 1819 - 1891 John Ruskin 1819 - 1900 Walt Whitman 1819 - 1892 Josiah Gilbert Holland 1819 - 1881 William Ross Wallace 1819 - 1881 |
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