1822

Years: 1819 1820 1821 - 1822 - 1823 1824 1825
Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1822 in art 1822 in literature 1822 in science 1822 in music 1822 in sports List of state leaders in 1822 List of religious leaders in 1822

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

March 30 - Florida becomes a United States territory.
May 24 - Battle of Pichincha: SimÃÂ³n BolÃÂvar secures the independence of Quito.
June 14 - Charles Babbage proposes a Difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."[1]
July 8 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
September 7 - Brazil declares its independence from Portugal
September 16 - George Canning appointed British foreign secretary.
October 12 - Peter I of Brazil declared constitutional emperor of the Brazilian Empire
October-December - Congress of Verona at which Russia, Austria and Prussia approve French intervention in Spain
December 1 - Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil.
Hieroglyphs deciphered by Thomas Young and Jean-FranÃÂ§ois Champollion using the Rosetta Stone.
Galileo Galilei's Dialogue taken off the Index librorum prohibitorum, the Roman Catholic Church's list of banned books.
Ashley's Hundred leave from St. Louis setting off a major increase in fur trade.
An earthquake in Chile raises the coastal area, adding 100.000 square miles of new land
Coffee ban in Sweden abolished
Greeks rebel against Ottoman Empire
Britain repeals death penalty for over 100 crimes
First group of freed slaves from USA arrive to modern-day Liberia and found Monrovia
Fire in Oulu, Finland