January 7 2nd Bank of U.S. opens January 18 San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes January 22 English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia January 25 Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome January 31 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna February 5 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) February 17 Baltimore is the 1st U.S. city lit by gas March 2 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn March 3 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi March 25 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians April 15 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut April 17 1st U.S. school for deaf (Hartford, Conn) April 22 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight May 15 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia May 16 Mississippi River steamboat service begins June 12 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course June 24 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast July 4 Construction on Erie Canal begins July 12 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland August 18 Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore September 9 Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College September 22 John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State October 9 University of Gent officially opens October 20 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage November 20 1st Seminole War begins in Florida November 25 1st sword swallower in U.S. performs (New York City) November 27 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War December 10 Mississippi admitted as 20th state December 16 Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon December 30 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
