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1818

Events

January–June

January 1
- Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
January 3 (21:52 UTC) – Venus occults Jupiter. It is the last occultation of one planet by another before November 22, 2065.
January 6 – Treaty of Mandeswar brings an end to the Third Anglo-Maratha War, ending the dominance of Marathas, and enhancing the power of the British East India Company, which controls territory occupied by 180 million Indians.
January 11 – Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" is published pseudonymously in London.
February 5 – Upon his death, King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) is succeeded on both thrones by his adoptive son Charles XIV/III John, starting the Royal House of Bernadotte.
February 12 – Chile proclaims its independence from Spain.
March 11 – Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published anonymously in London.
March 15 – First Seminole War: General Andrew Jackson and his American army invade Florida.
March 22 – Easter Day in Western Christianity falls on its earliest possible date. In Western Christianity, it will not occur on this date again until 2285.
April – John Ross sets sail in search of the Northwest Passage.
April 1 – First Seminole War: Battle of Miccosukee, Florida: General Andrew Jackson defeats chief Kinhagee.
April 4 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States as having thirteen red and white stripes and one star for each state (twenty) with additional stars to be added whenever a new state is added to the Union.
April 5 – Battle of Maipú in the Chilean War of Independence: Patriot rebels led by José de San Martín decisively defeat the Spanish Royalists.
April 7 – Brooks Brothers, the oldest men's clothier in the United States, opens its first store on the northeast corner of Catherine and Cherry Streets in New York City, where the later South Street Seaport stands.
April 14–August 9 – United States Survey of the Coast operations suspended.
May 11 – Charles XIV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
The Westmorland Gazette is first published at Kendal in the Lake District of England; in July, Thomas De Quincey will begin a 16-month term as editor.

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