Major Events
- Feb 24 Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero agree to the Plan of Iguala. States 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
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Articles About 1821
America’s First Woman Doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree and the first woman on the British medical register, was born on this day.February 3
Russian Antarctic Expedition
The Bellingshausen expedition's two sloops-of-war, Mirny and VostokAugust 4
A King Salutes Remarkable Woman Soldier
Whether she went to war out of love or duty, Phoebe Hessel, who died on this day, led a remarkable life on and off the battlefield.December 12
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
James Monroe
Louis XVIII
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