January 10 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine January 19 Overnight temp at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) February 1 1st insurance co managed by blacks, American Insurance Company of Philadelphia February 1 Seville, Spain surrenders to French February 1 U.S. Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%) February 11 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria February 28 1st U.S. fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia March 6 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S. March 11 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise March 18 "Converse," 1st U.S. opera, premieres in New York May 3 Lord Byron swims Hellespont May 25 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day) June 23 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) July 1 Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands July 4 French troops occupy Amsterdam July 10 Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France July 20 Colombia declares independence from Spain September 16 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event September 18 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) October 26 U.S. annexes western Florida October 27 U.S. annexes West Florida from Spain December 10 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds) December 15 1st Irish magazine in U.S., Shamrock, is published December 22 British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480
