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== Events ==
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* January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General [[José de San Martín]], [[Crossing of the Andes|starts crossing the Andes]] from [[Argentina]], to liberate [[Chile]] and then [[Peru]].
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** President [[James Madison]] vetoes [[John C. Calhoun]]'s [[Bonus Bill of 1817|Bonus Bill]].
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** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the [[Mississippi Territory]], after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the [[Alabama Territory]], effective in August
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* March 4 – [[James Monroe]] is [[First inauguration of James Monroe|sworn in]] as the fifth President of the United States.
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* April 29 – The [[Rush–Bagot Treaty]] is signed.
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* May 27 – The [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|General Convention]] of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] founds the [[General Theological Seminary]], while meeting in New York City.<ref>
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James Grant Wilson, ''The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892, Volume IV (New York History Company, 1893) p596</ref>
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* June 22 – King [[Ferdinand VII of Spain]], by royal decree, makes the production and sale of tobacco a legal endeavor in [[Cuba]], thus sparking the birth of the Cuban cigar industry.<ref>''Cuba'' (International Bureau of the American Republics, 1905) p82</ref>
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* July 4 – At [[Rome, New York]], construction on the [[Erie Canal]] begins.
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* September 11 – The [[Great Rebellion of 1817-18]] begins in [[Sri Lanka]].
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* October 30 - The independent government of Venezuela is established by [[Simón Bolívar]].
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* November 3 - The [[Bank of Montreal]] opens in Montreal.
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* November 20 – The first [[Seminole War]] begins in [[Florida]].
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* L'Anciente Mutuelle, as predecessor of [[Axa]], an [[insurance]] and [[financial service]] of worldwide, founded in [[Rouen]], [[France]].
 
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Eradication of Seminoles in the Everglades, Florida.

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References

  1. James Grant Wilson, The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892, Volume IV (New York History Company, 1893) p596
  2. Cuba (International Bureau of the American Republics, 1905) p82