1821 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1821?
- February 23, 1821 – Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia, modern-day Romania.
- March 23, 1821 – Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
- March 25, 1821 – (Julian Calendar) Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually began since 23 February 1821. The date was chosen in the early years of the Greek state so that it falls on the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, strengthening the ties between the Greek Orthodox Church and the newly-found state.
- April 10, 1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
- May 5, 1821 – Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- May 8, 1821 – Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
- June 14, 1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
- June 19, 1821 – Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
- July 9, 1821 – 470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- July 10, 1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- July 23, 1821 – While Mora Rebellion continuing, Greeks captured Monemvasia Castle and massacred nearly 3000 Turkish inhabitants.
- July 28, 1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
- August 4, 1821 – Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
- August 19, 1821 – Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
- August 21, 1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
- August 24, 1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
- September 15, 1821 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- September 27, 1821 – Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
- November 10, 1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which lead to Panama’s independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia
- November 28, 1821 – Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
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