February 17 –
Miami University (Ohio) is established (by Act of February 2) on the township of land required to be set aside for it, under the conditions of the
Miami Purchase in
1794.
At the
Diet of Porvoo, Finland's
four Estates pledge allegiance to
Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the future
Grand Principality of Finland from
Sweden. The Emperor, in return, promises to retain and uphold former laws and privileges, as well as the dominant Lutheran religion. His pledge is later interpreted by the Finns as a confirmation of
constitutional laws, which had, effectively, established
Finland as a separate state in real union with
Russia.
First Battle of Porto: 8,000 Portuguese soldiers are killed in a rout after defeat by the French under
Marshal Soult. Thousands of fleeing civilians drown when a pontoon bridge collapses.
May 12 – Peninsular War –
Second Battle of Porto: The Anglo-Portuguese Army, commanded by Wellesley, drives the French army, commanded by Marshal Soult, out of
Porto, and forces them to retreat from the country.
June 6 – Sweden promulgates a new
Instrument of Government, which restores political power to the
Riksdag of the Estates, after authoritarian rule since
1772. On the same day,
Duke Charles (uncle of the deposed king Gustav IV Adolf) is elected King, under the name Charles XIII.
September 18 – A new theatre for the
Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in
1808. The price increases lead to the
Old Price Riots, which last for 64 days.
William Combe begins publication of the verse Tour of Dr. Syntax in search of the Picturesque in Ackermann's Political Magazine (London), illustrated with
cartoons by
Thomas Rowlandson, depicting comic and ridiculous scenes involving a hapless country physician, and coming to represent
British Regency humour.
November 20 –
Gustav Koerner, German-born revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, statesman of Illinois and Germany, Colonel of the U.S. Army (d.
1896)
^The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1860. p. 181.
^Conway, David (2012). Jewry in Music: Entry to the Profession from the Enlightenment to Richard Wagner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 194.
ISBN978-1-107-01538-8.
^Desmond, Adrian J. (September 13, 2002).
"Charles Darwin". Encyclopædia Britannica.
Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
^American Journal of Photography, Volume 14. Thos. H. McCollin & Company. 1893. p. 420.
^(in German) Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt: Joseph Stieler : 1781 – 1858. Sein Leben u. sein Werk. Krit. Verzeichnis d. Werke. Prestel, München 1971,
ISBN3-7913-0340-6, S. 148 f
February 17 –
Miami University (Ohio) is established (by Act of February 2) on the township of land required to be set aside for it, under the conditions of the
Miami Purchase in
1794.
At the
Diet of Porvoo, Finland's
four Estates pledge allegiance to
Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the future
Grand Principality of Finland from
Sweden. The Emperor, in return, promises to retain and uphold former laws and privileges, as well as the dominant Lutheran religion. His pledge is later interpreted by the Finns as a confirmation of
constitutional laws, which had, effectively, established
Finland as a separate state in real union with
Russia.
First Battle of Porto: 8,000 Portuguese soldiers are killed in a rout after defeat by the French under
Marshal Soult. Thousands of fleeing civilians drown when a pontoon bridge collapses.
May 12 – Peninsular War –
Second Battle of Porto: The Anglo-Portuguese Army, commanded by Wellesley, drives the French army, commanded by Marshal Soult, out of
Porto, and forces them to retreat from the country.
June 6 – Sweden promulgates a new
Instrument of Government, which restores political power to the
Riksdag of the Estates, after authoritarian rule since
1772. On the same day,
Duke Charles (uncle of the deposed king Gustav IV Adolf) is elected King, under the name Charles XIII.
September 18 – A new theatre for the
Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in
1808. The price increases lead to the
Old Price Riots, which last for 64 days.
William Combe begins publication of the verse Tour of Dr. Syntax in search of the Picturesque in Ackermann's Political Magazine (London), illustrated with
cartoons by
Thomas Rowlandson, depicting comic and ridiculous scenes involving a hapless country physician, and coming to represent
British Regency humour.
November 20 –
Gustav Koerner, German-born revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, statesman of Illinois and Germany, Colonel of the U.S. Army (d.
1896)
^The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1860. p. 181.
^Conway, David (2012). Jewry in Music: Entry to the Profession from the Enlightenment to Richard Wagner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 194.
ISBN978-1-107-01538-8.
^Desmond, Adrian J. (September 13, 2002).
"Charles Darwin". Encyclopædia Britannica.
Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
^American Journal of Photography, Volume 14. Thos. H. McCollin & Company. 1893. p. 420.
^(in German) Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt: Joseph Stieler : 1781 – 1858. Sein Leben u. sein Werk. Krit. Verzeichnis d. Werke. Prestel, München 1971,
ISBN3-7913-0340-6, S. 148 f