Mar 11 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise
Mar 01 The birth of Frederic Chopin, Polish composer
Mar 06 Illinois passes state vaccination legislation in US
Mar 11 Napoleon is married by proxy at Vienna to the Austrian archduchess Maria Luisa, 18, in a match arranged by Austrian foreign minister Metternich The "little corporal" hopes to father an heir
Mar 18 "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York
Aug 29 Over 600 prostitutes counted in Lower Canada (must be the cold winters)
Sep 18 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)
Sep 10 The British secretary of state for foreign affairs George Canning, 40, resigns September 9, saying that the War Office is hampering progress in the Peninsular War
Sep 16 Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day)
Feb 01 US Population - 7,239,881; Black population - 1,377,808 (19%)
Feb 01 Seville, Spain surrenders to the French
Feb 11 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
Feb 28 First US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
Feb 01 First insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)
Dec 10 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in first interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
Dec 15 Irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished
May 03 Lord Byron swam the Hellespont* this day. It is a 40 mi. (64 km) long, 1-5 mi. (1.6-8 km) wide strait between European and Asian Turkey
May 24 Argentina beings its revolt against Spain
May 25 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
May 03 Lord Byron swims the Hellespont
Jul 19 Prussia's Queen Louise dies at age 34 Napoleon has tried to destroy her reputation, but his charges have only endeared her to her people
Jul 20 Colombia declared independence from Spain
Jul 05 The birth of Phineas T. Barnum, Circus entrepreneur
Jul 09 France annexes Holland following the abdication and flight of Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who has been king since 1806 but refused to join Napoleon's Continental system
Jun 23 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)
