1821 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1821?
- January 28, 1821 – Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
- March 21, 1821 – Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta.
- May 8, 1821 – Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
- May 12, 1821 – The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.
- 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).
- June 24, 1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
- July 9, 1821 – 470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 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 10, 1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
- 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.
- August 26, 1821 – The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is oficially opened.
- September 15, 1821 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- September 23, 1821 – Tripolitsa, Greece, falls and 30,000 Turks are massacred during the Greek War of Independence.
- 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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