Important Events
- Feb 24 Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero agree to the Plan of Iguala, stating that Mexico will become a constitutional monarchy, Roman Catholicism the official religion and that Peninsulares and Creoles will enjoy equal political and social rights
- Jun 14 Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end
- Aug 4 Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen returns to Kronshtadt after becoming the 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
- Sep 15 Act of Independence of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua declare their independence from the Spanish Empire
- Sep 23 Fall of Tripolitsa, Greek forces massacre 30,000 Turks during Greek War of Independence
- Sep 27 Mexican revolutionary forces led by Agustín de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw, bringing an end to the Mexican War of Independence
Bill the Butcher
Charles Tupper
Elizabeth Blackwell
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
James Longstreet
Nathan Bedford ForrestWorld Leaders in 1821
James Monroe
5th US President- Louis XVIII
King of France - Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
James Monroe
Louis XVIII
Robert JenkinsonFamous People in 1821
- Franz Schubert
Composer - Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
John Keats
Napoléon Bonaparte