January 1 – Nominal beginning of the
Trienio Liberal in
Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at
Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7).[1]
April 1 – A proclamation, signed "By order of the Committee of Organisation for forming a Provisional Government", begins the "
Radical War" in Scotland.
April 8 – The statue of the
Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos,
c. 150 BC-125 BC) is discovered on the Greek island of
Milos, by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas.[9]
Robert Owen's Report to the County of Lanark, of a plan for relieving public distress and removing discontent (published 1821) is delivered in Scotland; he is beginning to devise the
labour voucher.
June 5 –
Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of King
George IV of the United Kingdom, returns to England after six years abroad in Italy, where she has been carrying on an affair; since ascending the throne in January, the King has sought to receive his government's approval for a divorce.[11]
Élie Decazes, leader of the opposition in France's Chamber of Deputies, successfully introduces the "Law of the Double Vote", a proposal to add to the 258 existing legislators by creating 172 seats that would be "selected by special electoral colleges" made up of the wealthiest 25% of voters in each of France's departments.[13]
Delegates in
St. Louis, Missouri Territory approve a proposed state constitution, proclaiming that they "do mutually agree to form and establish a free and independent republic, by the name of "The State of Missouri".[14]
June 29 – The cause of action that will lead to the U.S. Supreme Court case known simply as The Antelope arises, when a U.S. Treasury
cutter captures a ship of the same name, which is transporting 281 Africans who had been captured as slaves, in violation of the 1808 U.S. law prohibiting the slave trade.[15]
July 31 – A fire breaks out in the wine depot at the
Bercy section of
Paris. It is reported later that "In the absence of water to supply the engines, an attempt was made to extinguish the flames with wine— of which a lake of 50 ft. square and more than a foot deep was formed; but the fire continued to rage, as well it might, being supplied by alcohol, and great destruction of property resulted.[6]
November 20 – After the sinking of the American
whaleship Essex of
Nantucket, by a
sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, the survivors are left afloat in three small whaleboats. They eventually resort, by common consent, to
cannibalism to allow some to survive.
^
ab"Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp69
January 1 – Nominal beginning of the
Trienio Liberal in
Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at
Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7).[1]
April 1 – A proclamation, signed "By order of the Committee of Organisation for forming a Provisional Government", begins the "
Radical War" in Scotland.
April 8 – The statue of the
Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos,
c. 150 BC-125 BC) is discovered on the Greek island of
Milos, by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas.[9]
Robert Owen's Report to the County of Lanark, of a plan for relieving public distress and removing discontent (published 1821) is delivered in Scotland; he is beginning to devise the
labour voucher.
June 5 –
Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of King
George IV of the United Kingdom, returns to England after six years abroad in Italy, where she has been carrying on an affair; since ascending the throne in January, the King has sought to receive his government's approval for a divorce.[11]
Élie Decazes, leader of the opposition in France's Chamber of Deputies, successfully introduces the "Law of the Double Vote", a proposal to add to the 258 existing legislators by creating 172 seats that would be "selected by special electoral colleges" made up of the wealthiest 25% of voters in each of France's departments.[13]
Delegates in
St. Louis, Missouri Territory approve a proposed state constitution, proclaiming that they "do mutually agree to form and establish a free and independent republic, by the name of "The State of Missouri".[14]
June 29 – The cause of action that will lead to the U.S. Supreme Court case known simply as The Antelope arises, when a U.S. Treasury
cutter captures a ship of the same name, which is transporting 281 Africans who had been captured as slaves, in violation of the 1808 U.S. law prohibiting the slave trade.[15]
July 31 – A fire breaks out in the wine depot at the
Bercy section of
Paris. It is reported later that "In the absence of water to supply the engines, an attempt was made to extinguish the flames with wine— of which a lake of 50 ft. square and more than a foot deep was formed; but the fire continued to rage, as well it might, being supplied by alcohol, and great destruction of property resulted.[6]
November 20 – After the sinking of the American
whaleship Essex of
Nantucket, by a
sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, the survivors are left afloat in three small whaleboats. They eventually resort, by common consent, to
cannibalism to allow some to survive.
^
ab"Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp69