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1817
Events
January–March
January 1
– Sailing through the
Sandwich Islands
,
Otto von Kotzebue
discovers
New Year Island
.
January 19
– An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General
José de San Martín
,
starts crossing the Andes
from
Argentina
to liberate
Chile
and then
Peru
.
January 20
–
Ram Mohan Roy
and
David Hare
found
Hindu College, Calcutta
, offering instructions in Western languages and subjects.
February 12
–
Battle of Chacabuco
: The
Argentine
/
Chilean
patriotic army defeats the Spanish.
March 3
President
James Madison
vetoes
John C. Calhoun
's
Bonus Bill
.
U.S. Congress passes law to split the
Mississippi Territory
, after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the
Alabama Territory
effective in August.
March 4
–
James Monroe
succeeds
James Madison
as President of the United States of America.
March 21
- The flag of the
Pernambucan Revolt
is publicly blessed by the dean of Recife cathedral, Brazil.
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