1821

( 1820s: ) 1821
( 1820s: ) 1821
	Napoleon Bonaparte dies in British captivity on Saint Helena, possibly of arsenic poisoning

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Events

March 4 – James Monroe begins his second term as President of the United States.
May 5 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena of stomach cancer.
May 5 – The first edition of the Manchester Guardian newspaper (from 1959 simply The Guardian) is published in England.^[1]
June 24 – Battle of Carabobo: Simón Bolívar wins Venezuela's independence from Spain
July 19 - George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
July 28 - Argentine general José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from the Spanish Empire.
September 15 - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica gain independence from Spain by the Act of Independence of Central America. On October 29, the newly independent First Mexican Empire proposes that Guatemala should merge with it.
November 28 – Panama declares independence from Spain, joining Gran Colombia.
December 1 – The Dominican Republic declares independence from Spain (see History of the Dominican Republic). It would be invaded by Haiti in 1822.
December 15 – The world's first geographical society, the Société de géographie, is established in Paris.

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915

Group	Type	Description
Heriot-Watt University	Public Reserach	Scottish university
University of Buenos Aires	Public Research university	One of the most prestigious universities of the Spanish-speaking world
Widener University	Military ranks	Formerly a Boy's School and Military Academy
Amherst College	Military ranks Liberal Arts	Massachusetts liberal arts college with many deep state-connected alumni.

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Cause of death	Summary
Napoleon	15 August 1769	5 May 1821	Saint Helena	Poisoning	Politician Soldier

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Marcus Goldman	9 December 1821	Germany Bavaria Trappstadt	20 July 1904	Financier	Founder of Goldman Sachs, which has since become one of the world's largest investment banks

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