1822 - What happened in 1822 ?

March 1822

Saturday 30:

Florida Territory created in the United States.

May 1822

Friday 24:

Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of Quito.

June 1822

Friday 14:

Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."

July 1822

Monday 08:

Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

Saturday 13:

Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeat Ottoman forces at Thermopylae.

Friday 26:

Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

September 1822

Saturday 07:

Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.

Friday 27:

Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.

October 1822

Thursday 31:

Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempted to dissolve the Mexican Empire.

December 1822

Sunday 01:

Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil.