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1816 was known as 'the year without a summer' in North America and elsewhere, with widespread unseasonal weather and crop failures. [ 5 ] The Second Bank of the United States obtains its charter.
September 3 – The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane strikes New York City. September 18 – Amherst College is founded in Massachusetts. November 9 – Israel Pickens is sworn in as the third governor of Alabama, replacing Thomas Bibb. [2]
1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). [1] Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest of any on record between 1766 and 2000, [2] resulting in crop failures and major food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere. [3]
1821–1830: Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War of Independence. Navarino massacre of Turks living in Greece. Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of Córdoba. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
March 4, 1821 – President Monroe and Vice President Tompkins begin their second terms; 1821 – Missouri becomes a state; 1821 – Florida becomes a U.S. territory; the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty goes into effect; 1823 – Monroe Doctrine proclaimed; 1824 – Gibbons v. Ogden (22 US 1 1824) affirms federal over state authority in interstate ...
1816 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1816th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 816th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1816, the ...
Labelle, Jean. Melancholy convictions : the unsure state of union in the state of Massachusetts from the late 1790s to 1816 (thesis/dissertation). 2000. Branson, Susan. "Elizabeth Drinker: Quaker Values and Federalist Support in the 1790s."
1816: America Rising. Historiography and memory. Cheathem, Mark R. "The Stubborn Mythology of Andrew Jackson." Reviews in American History 47.3 (2019): 342–348.