1821

Years: 1818 1819 1820 - 1821 - 1822 1823 1824
Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1821 in art 1821 in literature 1821 in science 1821 in music 1821 in sports List of state leaders in 1821 List of religious leaders in 1821

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

February 23 - The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college.
March 25 - Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.
July 10 - The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain.
July 28 - Peru declares independence from Spain.
August 4 - Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
September 27 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
August 10 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
November 16 - American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and sells his merchandise for a huge profit (he immediately planned to return the following year over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail).
In the first known obscenity case in the United States, a Massachusetts court outlawed the John Cleland novel, Fanny Hill . The publisher, Peter Holmes, was convicted for printing a "lewd and obscene" novel.