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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s Years: 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 - 1817 - 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 Events March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America July 4 - At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. December 10 - Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state. Elgin Marbles displayed in British Museum Emperor Ninko ascends to the throne of Japan 1817 in literature: Harper and Brothers[?], New York publishing house, founded Births February 19 - King William III of the Netherlands February 22 - Carl Wilhelm Borchardt[?], mathematician March 22 - Braxton Brag[?], Confederate general (+ 1876) July 12 - Henry David Thoreau, US philosopher July 24 - Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg[?] November 30- Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian Deaths January 12 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit July 18 - Jane Austen, British novelist
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
Years: 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 - 1817 - 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822
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