Year 1817 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1817

The year 1817 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1817 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
17 October	Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University, was born in Delhi.
20 January	Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the Hindu College now Presidency University in Calcutta, Kolkata).
15 April	The first school in the US opened for deaf children.
01 January	Sailing through Sandwich Island Otto von Kotzebue explored New Year Island.
12 February	The Argentine / Chilean Patriotic Army defeated the Spanish Army at the Battle of Chacabuco.
04 March	James Monroe was sworn in as the fifth President of the United States.
29 April	The Rush-Bagot Pact was signed.
16 May	Steamboat service began on the Mississippi River.
12 June	The German inventor Karl Drasse drove his earliest horse ("Dreissen " or Loughmaskine), the earliest form of the bicycle, in Mannheim.
04 July	Chief engineer James Gadeus began construction on the Erie Canal, Rome, New York), one of the first major engineering works in North America.
22 August	Brazil's city of Araracara was discovered.
11 September	The Great Revolt of 1817–18 began in Sri Lanka.
31 October	Emperor Ninko accepted the throne of Japan.
20 November	The first Seminole War began in Florida.
10 December	Recognized Mississippi as the 20th state of the United States.
19 May	The Articles of Association of the Bank of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada's oldest chartered bank, were adopted.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
15 May	Debendranath Tagore / Author / India
17 October	Syed Ahmad Khan / Philosopher / India

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