1821 - What happened in 1821 ?

February 1821

Friday 23:

The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college.

March 1821

Monday 05:

James Monroe is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.

Sunday 25:

Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.

June 1821

Sunday 24:

Battle of Carabobo : Venezuela gains total independence from Spain.

July 1821

Tuesday 10:

The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain.

Saturday 28:

Peru declares independence from Spain.

August 1821

Saturday 04:

Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.

Friday 10:

Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.

Thursday 23:

Mexico gains its independence from Spain

Friday 24:

The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.

September 1821

Friday 07:

The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

Saturday 15:

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua jointly declare independence from Spain.

Thursday 27:

Mexico gains its independence from Spain.

November 1821

Friday 16:

American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.