1817 in History – What happened in year 1817

In history, year 1817 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1817.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1817:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
19 march	The Articles of Association of the Bank of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada's oldest chartered bank, were adopted.
19 may	The Articles of Association of the Bank of Montreal inMontreal, Quebec, Canada's oldest chartered bank, were adopted.
17 October	Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University, was born in Delhi.
20 January	Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the Hindu College now Presidency University in Calcutta, Kolkata).
15 April	The first school in the US opened for deaf children.
01 January	Sailing through Sandwich Island Otto von Kotzebue explored New Year Island.
12 February	The Argentine / Chilean Patriotic Army defeated the Spanish Army at the Battle of Chacabuco.
04 March	James Monroe was sworn in as the fifth President of the United States.
29 April	The Rush-Bagot Pact was signed.
16 May	Steamboat service began on the Mississippi River.
12 June	The German inventor Karl Drasse drove his earliest horse ("Dreissen " or Loughmaskine), the earliest form of the bicycle, in Mannheim.
04 July	Chief engineer James Gadeus began construction on the Erie Canal, Rome, New York), one of the first major engineering works in North America.
22 August	Brazil's city of Araracara was discovered.
11 September	The Great Revolt of 1817–18 began in Sri Lanka.
31 October	Emperor Ninko accepted the throne of Japan.
20 November	The first Seminole War began in Florida.
10 December	Recognized Mississippi as the 20th state of the United States.

Famous birthdays in the year 1817:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 March	Giovanni Duprè / Educator / Italy
03 February	Émile Prudent / Painist / France
05 September	Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy / Poet / Russia
05 March	Austen Henry Layard / Academic / United Kingdom
06 July	Albert von Kölliker / Anatomist / Switzerland
06 September	Alexander Tilloch Galt / Politician / United Kingdom
08 December	Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs / Politician / Denmark
08 February	Richard S. Ewell / General / United States of America
11 May	Fanny Cerrito / Choreographer / Italy
12 July	Henry David Thoreau / Poet / United States of America
14 May	Alexander Kaufmann / Poet / Germany
17 February	Édouard Thilges / Politician / Luxembourg
18 February	Lewis Armistead / General / United States of America
19 December	James J. Archer / Lawyer / United States of America
21 February	José Zorrilla / Poet / Spain
23 October	Pierre Larousse / Author / France
27 June	Louise von François / Author / Germany
29 July	Martin Körber / Composer / Germany
30 June	Joseph Dalton Hooker / Botanist / United Kingdom
30 November	Theodor Mommsen / Historian / Germany

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1817:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
15 May	Debendranath Tagore / Author / India
17 October	Syed Ahmad Khan / Philosopher / India