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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* January 1 – The [[Greek Constitution of 1822]] is adopted by the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus]].
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* January 7 – The first group of freed slaves from the [[United States]] [[history of Liberia|arrive to the west coast of Africa]], founding [[Monrovia]] on April 25.
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* January 9 – The Portuguese prince [[Pedro I of Brazil]] decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
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* January 13 – The design of the modern-day [[flag of Greece]] is adopted by the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus]], for their [[Maritime flag|naval flag]].
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* January 14 – Greek War of Independence: [[Acrocorinth]] is captured by [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] and [[Demetrios Ypsilantis]].
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* February 6 – Chinese [[Junk (ship)|junk]] ''[[Tek Sing]]'' sinks in the [[South China Sea]], with the loss of around 1,600 people on board.
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* February 9 – The [[Invasion|invading]] [[Haiti]]an forces, led by [[Jean-Pierre Boyer]], arrive in [[Santo Domingo]], to overthrow the newly founded [[Dominican Republic]].
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* February 24 – The first [[List of Swaminarayan temples|Swaminarayan temple]], ''[[Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir]]'' at [[Ahmedabad]] in the [[British Raj]], is inaugurated.
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* March 31 – [[Greek War of Independence]] – [[Chios massacre]]: 20,000 Greeks on the island of [[Chios]] are slaughtered by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] troops, and 23,000 exiled.
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=== April–June ===
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* April 25 – The American Colonization Society lands at Cape Mesurado on the West African coast, after purchasing {{convert|60|mi|km}} of coastline. The settlement will soon become [[Monrovia]], as the nation of [[Liberia]] is established to fill the ACS mission of freeing black American slaves and sending them "back to Africa". 
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* April 30 – President of the Board of Control [[George Canning]] moves, in the House of Commons, to repeal a law that prohibited Roman Catholic peers from sitting or voting in the [[House of Lords]]; the motion passes, 235–223, on its second reading, but the House of Lords declines to pass it.  <ref>Rev. James Taylor, ''The Age We Live in: A History of the Nineteenth Century, from the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time'' (William Mackenzie Co., 1882) p286</ref>
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* May 16 - Nair's the upper caste in British Raj  attack Sandar women for covering their upper body and breasts.
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* May 24 – [[Battle of Pichincha]]: [[Simón Bolívar]] secures the independence of [[Quito]].
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* May 25 – [[Christos Palaskas]] and Alexis Noutsos are executed by [[Odysseas Androutsos]]' forces.
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* May 26 – [[Grue Church fire]]: 116 people are killed, in the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
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* June 6 – [[Alexis St. Martin]] is accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads the way to [[William Beaumont]]'s studies on digestion.
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* June 18 – [[Greek War of Independence]]: [[Constantine Kanaris]] blows up the [[Ottoman navy]]'s flagship at [[Chios]], killing the [[Kapudan Pasha]] [[Nasuhzade Ali Pasha]].
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=== July–September ===
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* July 3 – [[Charles Babbage]] publishes a proposal for a ''[[difference engine]]'', a forerunner of the modern computer, for calculating [[logarithm]]s and [[Trigonometry|trigonometric]] functions. Construction of an operational version will proceed under British Government sponsorship (1823–32), but it will never be completed.<ref>https://archive.org/details/charlesbabbagepi0000hyma</ref>
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* July 8 – The [[Chippewas]] turn over a huge tract of land in [[Ontario]] to the United Kingdom.
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* July 13 – [[Greek War of Independence]]: Greeks defeat [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces at [[Thermopylae]].
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* July 26 – [[Guayaquil Conference]]: [[José de San Martín]] arrives in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]], to meet with [[Simón Bolívar]].
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* July 27 – Guayaquil Conference: [[Simón Bolívar]] and General [[José de San Martín]] meet in [[Guayaquil]], which Bolívar later annexes.
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* July 31 – The last public [[Flagellation|whipping]] is carried out in [[Edinburgh]].
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* August 12 – St David's College (the modern-day [[University of Wales, Lampeter]]) is founded in Wales by [[Thomas Burgess (bishop)|Thomas Burgess]], [[Bishop of St David's]].
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* August 22 – English ship ''Orion'' lands at Yerba Buena, now named [[San Francisco]], under the command of [[William A. Richardson]].
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* September 7 – [[Brazilian independence]]: Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.
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* September 8–13 – [[Battle of Nauplia (1822)|Battle of Nauplia]]: In a series of naval engagements, the [[Ottoman Fleet]] fails to break through the [[Greek Fleet]], under Admiral [[Andreas Vokos Miaoulis]].
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* September 11 – [[Galileo Galilei]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]'' (1632) is permitted by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] to be published.
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* September 16
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** [[George Canning]] is appointed British [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]].
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** The [[Constituent Congress of Peru, 1822|Constituent Congress of Peru]] begins its first session.
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* September 22 – Portugal approves its first Constitution.
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* September 27 – [[Jean-François Champollion]] announces his success in deciphering [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]], using the [[Rosetta Stone]], in a letter to the ''[[Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]]'' in Paris (based on the work of [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]]).
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=== October–December ===
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* October 8 – The [[Galunggung]] [[volcano]] erupts on [[West Java]], and is followed four days later by a second, more violent outburst; the two events kill more than 4,000 people and destroy 114 villages.<ref>Mungo Ponton, ''Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Their History, Phenomena, and Probable Causes'' (T. Nelson and Sons, 1870) pp223-225</ref>
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* October 12 – [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro, Crown Prince of Portugal]], is declared the constitutional [[Emperor of Brazil]], as Pedro the First.
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* October 31 – Emperor [[Agustín de Iturbide]] of the [[First Mexican Empire]] dissolves the country's [[Congress of the Union]], and replaces it with a [[military junta]].
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* October–December – [[Congress of Verona]]: Russia, Austria and [[Prussia]] approve French intervention in Spain.
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* November 9 – [[Action of 9 November 1822]]: {{USS|Alligator|1820}} engages three [[pirate]] [[schooner]]s off [[Cuba]], as part of the [[West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States]].
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* November 13
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** [[Greek War of Independence]]: [[Nafplio]] falls to the Greek rebels.
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** The [[Congregation of St. Basil]] founded in France.
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* November 19 – An earthquake near [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]] kills around 200, causes a tsunami and raises the coastal area.
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* November 22 – A fire in [[Guangzhou]] (Canton) kills 500 people, and destroys 13,070 homes and several European-owned businesses.<ref> "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) pp71 </ref>
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* December 1 – [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro I]] is crowned, as the first [[List of monarchs of Brazil|Emperor of Brazil]].
 
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1812 < 1813 < 1814 < 1815 < 1816 < 1817 < 1818 <1819 < 1820 < 1821 < 1822 > 1823 > 1824 > 1825 > 1826 > 1827 > 1828 > 1829 > 1830 > 1831 > 1832
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Jean-François Champollion announces his success in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, using the Rosetta Stone, i
year 1822

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

 

Event

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915

 

A New Group

GroupImageTypeDescription
Yale Divinity SchoolYale Divinity School.pngMilitary ranksOne of the twelve graduate and professional schools of Yale University

 

A Birth

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Henry Lehman1822Rimpar
Lower Franconia
Bavaria		17 November 1855BusinesspersonFounder of Lehman Brothers, which grew from a cotton and fabrics shop during his life to become a large finance firm under his brothers' descendants.
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References

  1. ↑ Rev. James Taylor, The Age We Live in: A History of the Nineteenth Century, from the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time (William Mackenzie Co., 1882) p286
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/charlesbabbagepi0000hyma
  3. ↑ Mungo Ponton, Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Their History, Phenomena, and Probable Causes (T. Nelson and Sons, 1870) pp223-225
  4. ↑ "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) pp71
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