Important Historical Events of the year 1819, Year 1819 in History

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List of 1819 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1819

What happened in the year 1819?

Date	Event
January 25, 1819	University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
January 29, 1819	Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
February 6, 1819	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
February 7, 1819	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
February 17, 1819	The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
February 19, 1819	British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
February 22, 1819	By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
May 22, 1819	SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
May 25, 1819	The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
June 16, 1819	A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6-metre-high (20 ft), 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi), ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi), that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").
June 20, 1819	The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
July 1, 1819	Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It is the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
July 3, 1819	The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
August 6, 1819	Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
August 7, 1819	Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
August 16, 1819	Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
December 14, 1819	Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
December 17, 1819	Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).