See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire.
September 10 - Simón Bolívar named President of Peru.
December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States Congress,
announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing
American neutrality in future European conflicts (this would later be called the Monroe
Doctrine).
December 23 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Moore, is first published.
Ferdinand VII revokes Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores absolute monarchy.
The Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers.
Births:
January 8 -
Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and biologist ( 1913).
January 13 -
Adriaantje de Witte.
January 14 -
Maatje van den Houten.
January 14 -
Johannes van den Houten.
February 12 -
Martijntje Groenleer.
February 27 -
Ernst Renan, Professor of Old Testament in the Collège de France ( 1892).
March 19 -
Leentje van den Houten.
March 20 -
Ned Buntline, "dime novelist", publisher, writer, publicist (+ 1886).
March 23 -
Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (+ 1885).
April 3 -
William Marcy Tweed, political boss (+ 1878).
April 16 -
Pantel van Eesteren.
April 23 -
Abd-ul-Mejid, future Ottoman sultan (+1861).
July 8 -
Leendert van den Houten.
August 3 -
Adrianes van den Houten.
August 8 -
Marinus Kwik.
August 13 -
Goldwin Smith, historian ( 1910).
September 7 -
Willem Barendse.
September 12 -
Paulus (Poulus) van den Broek.
September 20 -
Lieven van de Velde.
October 18 -
Jacob van den Houten.
October 31 -
Pieter van den Houten.
December 6 -
Friedrich Max Müller, Orientalist ( 1900).
Deaths:
January 26 -
Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (* 1749).
February 7 -
Ann Radcliffe, writer (* 1764).
March 17 -
Pieter van den Houten.
August 20 -
Pope Pius VII (* 1740).
September 11 -
David Ricardo, economist (* 1772).
October 29 -
Jacob van den Houten.
December 3 -
Adriaantje Straaijer.
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