Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1817. This year saw 31 significant events. 2 notable figures passed away.
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land...
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "the Big Board") is an American stock exchange headquartered at the New York Stock Exchange Building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New…
Tsar of Russia, Nicholas I (21) weds Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Charlotte] (19) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia
Alexander Twilight, likely the first African American to graduate from a US college, receives a BA degree from Middlebury College
German composer Carl Maria von Weber (30) weds opera singer Caroline Brandt
The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized National Bank in the United States, chartered under the Madison administration.
British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
First US gas company incorporates in Baltimore (coal gas for streetlights)
Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at Market and Lemon Streets (currently Baltimore and Holliday Streets)
1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Pennsylvania
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the Congress of the United States.
Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
The American Asylum, now known as the American School for the Deaf (ASD), is the first permanent US school for the deaf, founded by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and teacher Laurent Clerc in West Hartford, Connecticut
Curaçao prohibits the use of white paint due to intense sunlight
Japanese Emperor Kōkaku abdicates in favour of his son Emperor Ninkō
Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority (modern Indonesia), under Thomas Matulesia (aka Kapitan Pattimura)
Mississippi River steamboat service begins
An uprising involving three hundred workers in the English town of Pentrich begins but is quashed almost immediately
Chief Engineer James Geddes begins construction on the Erie Canal, (Rome, New York), one of the first great engineering works in North America
First flower show is held in Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland
Selkirk Treaty: Lord Selkirk signs agreement with five chiefs of Sautaux and Cree Nations for land use either side of Red and Assiniboine Rivers - 1st agreement in Western Canada recognizing Indigenous land rights [1]
60-70 ft sea serpent sightings are reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Ghent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is...
First Mississippi showboat leaves Nashville on its maiden voyage
The Bank of Montreal (French: Banque de Montréal, pronounced [bɑ̃k də mɔ̃ʁeal]), abbreviated as BMO (pronounced BEE-moh), is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services...
US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe village of Fowltown, Georgia, beginning what becomes known as the First Seminole War
The first sword swallower to appear in the US, Sena Sama of Tamil Nadu in British India, gives a public performance in New York City [1]
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the Congress of the United States.
Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
Charles Messier dies
Jane Austen, English novelist, known for english novelist, died on 1817-07-18. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly…
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land...
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "the Big Board") is an American stock exchange headquartered at the New York Stock Exchange Building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New…
Tsar of Russia, Nicholas I (21) weds Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Charlotte] (19) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia
Alexander Twilight, likely the first African American to graduate from a US college, receives a BA degree from Middlebury College
German composer Carl Maria von Weber (30) weds opera singer Caroline Brandt
The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized National Bank in the United States, chartered under the Madison administration.
British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
First US gas company incorporates in Baltimore (coal gas for streetlights)
Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at Market and Lemon Streets (currently Baltimore and Holliday Streets)
1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Pennsylvania
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the Congress of the United States.
Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
The American Asylum, now known as the American School for the Deaf (ASD), is the first permanent US school for the deaf, founded by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and teacher Laurent Clerc in West Hartford, Connecticut
Curaçao prohibits the use of white paint due to intense sunlight
Japanese Emperor Kōkaku abdicates in favour of his son Emperor Ninkō
Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority (modern Indonesia), under Thomas Matulesia (aka Kapitan Pattimura)
Mississippi River steamboat service begins
An uprising involving three hundred workers in the English town of Pentrich begins but is quashed almost immediately
Chief Engineer James Geddes begins construction on the Erie Canal, (Rome, New York), one of the first great engineering works in North America
First flower show is held in Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland
Selkirk Treaty: Lord Selkirk signs agreement with five chiefs of Sautaux and Cree Nations for land use either side of Red and Assiniboine Rivers - 1st agreement in Western Canada recognizing Indigenous land rights [1]
60-70 ft sea serpent sightings are reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Ghent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is...
First Mississippi showboat leaves Nashville on its maiden voyage
The Bank of Montreal (French: Banque de Montréal, pronounced [bɑ̃k də mɔ̃ʁeal]), abbreviated as BMO (pronounced BEE-moh), is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services...
US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe village of Fowltown, Georgia, beginning what becomes known as the First Seminole War
The first sword swallower to appear in the US, Sena Sama of Tamil Nadu in British India, gives a public performance in New York City [1]
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the Congress of the United States.
Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon