Events in History in 1819

Jan 16 Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen, becomes Governor-General of Dutch East Indies

Jan 25 University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders

Jan 28 Sir Stamford Raffles lands in Singapore

Feb 19 British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III

Feb 22 The Adams–Onís Treaty between Spain and the United States is signed, ceding Florida to the US and defining the boundary between the US and New Spain
Mar 2 Territory of Arkansas organized
Mar 2 US passed its 1st immigration law

Mar 20 London’s famous Burlington Arcade opens, the world’s 1st shopping arcade

May 22 The SS Savannah sets sail from Savanah Harbor in Georgia on an historic journey to become the 1st steam propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic

Jun 12 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang, Sumatra
Jun 19 HMS Kite chases the steamship SS Savannah on its historic voyage across the Atlantic for 3 hours off the coast of Ireland believing it to be on fire. Unable to catch the steamship HMS Kite fires warning shots forcing it to stop and be inspected to the amazement of the British.
Jun 20 The SS Savannah reaches Cork in Ireland after a 29 day and 11 hour voyage from Savannah, Georgia to become the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic or any other ocean

Jun 23 First editions of "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." by Washington Irving released, featuring story "Rip Van Winkle"

Jul 4 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet

Jul 16 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen sets sail to explore Antarctica for Tsar Alexander I

Aug 2 1st parachute jump in US by Frenchman Louis-Charles Guille over Jersey City
Aug 6 Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States
Aug 7 Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia
Aug 16 Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England: cavalry charges demonstrators, 15 people killed and 400–700 injured
Aug 17 The Church Missionary Society establishes New Zealand's second mission station at Kerikeri

Aug 25 Paris Salon opens with Théodore Géricault’s painting "Raft of the Medusa" causing a sensation

Sep 6 Thomas Blanchard patents lathe
Sep 17 First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
Oct 23 1st ship sails through the Erie Canal from Rome, New York to Utica, New York
Nov 4 Māori Chiefs Hongi Hika and Rewa sell 13,000 acres (5260 hectares) at Kerikeri to the Church Missionary Society for 48 felling axes, New Zealand
Dec 14 Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
Dec 17 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain