Historical Events
- Jan 18 José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
- Mar 8 The New York Stock Exchange is founded
- Sep 9 Alexander Twilight, probably first African American to graduate from a US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College
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1817 in Music
- Jan 25 Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres in Rome
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Hiram R. Revels
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Franz Schubert
Ludwig van BeethovenWorld Leaders in 1817
James Monroe
Louis XVIII
Robert Jenkinson
Would You Believe?
Would You Believe?60-70ft sea serpent sightings reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
On August 18, 1817
Charles Messier
Jane Austen
Tadeusz Kościuszko
William Bligh