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1820
Events
January–March
January 1
–
Trienio Liberal
in
Spain
: A constitutionalist military insurrection at
Cádiz
leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (
March 7
).
January 20
–
Indiana University Bloomington
is founded as the Indiana State Seminary (renamed Indiana College, 1846).
January 28
(
NS
) –
History of Antarctica
: An
Imperial Russian Navy
expedition led by
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
and
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
sights the
Antarctic ice sheet
.
January 29
–
George IV of the United Kingdom
ascends the throne on the death at
Windsor Castle
of his father
George III
(after 59 years on the throne), ending the period known as the
British Regency
. There will be a gap of 21 years before the title
Prince of Wales
is next used.
January 30
–
History of Antarctica
:
Irish
Royal Navy
captain
Edward Bransfield
lands on the mainland of Antarctica.
February 6
Capture of Valdivia
:
Lord Cochrane
occupies
Valdivia
in the name of the Republic of
Chile
.
86 free
African American
colonists sail from New York City to
Freetown, Sierra Leone
.
February 14
–
Minh Mạng
starts to rule in
Vietnam
.
February 20
– A revolt begins in
Santa María Chiquimula
,
Totonicapán
department
of
Guatemala
.
February 23
– A plot to murder the
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
, the
Cato Street Conspiracy
, is exposed in England; the principals are the last to suffer
decapitation
following their
hanging
for treason outside
Newgate Prison
in London on
May 1
.
March 3
and
March 6
–
Slavery in the United States
: The
Missouri Compromise
becomes law, allowing admission of
Missouri
and
Maine
,
slave and free states
respectively, as
U.S. states
.
March 9
– King
Ferdinand VII of Spain
accepts the new constitution, beginning the
Trienio Liberal
.
March 15
–
Maine
is admitted as the 23rd
U.S. state
.
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