January 12 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever January 22 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth" February 5 Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville," premieres in Rome February 13 Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire February 20 Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome February 27 Dutch regain Suriname February 29 Dutch King Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna March 6 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany March 20 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions April 9 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia April 10 2nd Bank of U.S. chartered May 5 American Bible Society organized in New York May 10 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor May 11 American Bible Society forms in New York June 6 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia June 11 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded July 1 French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa" July 3 French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas July 8 Frost in Waltham, Massachusetts July 9 Argentina declares independence from Spain July 19 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days July 27 U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves August 8 Bavarian joins Saint Alliance August 14 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha August 19 Java again in Dutch hands August 27 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates October 7 1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans December 2 1st savings bank in U.S. opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) December 4 James Monroe (VA), elected 5th president, defeating Federalist Rufus King December 10 Dutch regain Sumatra December 11 Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders December 11 Indiana becomes 19th state December 13 Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston December 28 American Colonization Society organizes
