January 17 Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas January 21 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die January 28 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica February 12 Mercantile Library of City of New York opens February 22 Spain sells eastern Florida to United States for $5 million February 23 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st U.S. pharmacy college February 24 Mexico gains independence from Spain March 5 Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun March 14 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) March 25 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) March 26 Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna May 30 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose May 31 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore June 18 Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin) June 21 African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City) June 23 Dutch troops conquer Palembang June 24 Battle of Carabobo; Bolivar defeats royalists outside of Caracas July 17 Spain cedes Florida to U.S. July 28 Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) August 4 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969) August 6 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels August 10 Missouri admitted as 24th U.S. state August 19 Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII August 23 Mexico declares independence September 1 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail September 15 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ September 27 Mexican Empire declares its independence September 27 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw November 9 1st U.S. pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia November 28 Panama declares independence from Spain December 1 Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain December 17 Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons December 28 Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna
