1821 in History

Captures Caracas afte the Battle of Carabobo

Greek forces capture Kalamata and issue a call for European support

San Martins forces capture Lima

Kolokotronis commands Greek forces that capture Tripolitsa

The Greeks under Theodoros Kolokotronis capture Tripolitsa

Attends the Congress of Laibach and supports Austrian intervention against the revolution in Naples.

The Constitution of Cucuta organized Gran Colombia as a centralized republic including Venezuela.

Ypsilantis crosses the Prut into Moldavia and begins the Danubian revolt

Financial losses and unpaid obligations lead to Brunel's imprisonment for debt in the King's Bench Prison.

Discovers Alexander I Island, one of the major land discoveries of the Russian Antarctic expedition

Discovers and names Peter I Island during the Russian Antarctic expedition

The Filiki Eteria plan to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople, the first of these revolts began on 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities, but it was soon put down by the Ottomans

The Bank of England resumes full gold convertibility after the Restriction Period.

Miaoulis emerges as a leading naval commander for the Greek revolutionary fleet

Proclaims the independence of Peru

The Filiki Eteria plan to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople, the first of these revolts began on 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities, but it was soon put down by the Ottomans

Mexico is proclaimed independent

Proclaims the independence of Peru

Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia

Wins independence for Venezuela which becomes a province of Gran Colombia. Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia

Invades Quito Province

Samuel Rust of New York City patents the 1st practical printing press built in the USA

Appointed Lieutenant

Mavromichalis raises revolt in Mani against Ottoman authority

Mavromichalis leads a regional revolutionary authority formed after the liberation of Kalamata.

Pharmakis is captured after the last resistance in Moldavia collapses

Olympios continues resistance in Moldavia before dying at Secu Monastery

Mahmud II orders Ottoman forces to suppress the revolt in Moldavia and Wallachia

Appointed President of Venezuela

Appointed President of Venezuela

The government grants money to clear Brunel's debts after concern that he may leave Britain to work in Russia.

Repudiates Alexander Ypsilantis's uprising in the Danubian Principalities rather than support an unauthorised Greek revolt.

Germanos becomes associated with the symbolic blessing of the Greek revolt

Ypsilantis issues a proclamation calling Christians to rise against Ottoman rule

Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia

Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia. Defeats a Royalist Army at Caraboba

Spain cedes Folrida to the USA

Spain cedes Folrida to the USA

Greek volunteers form the Sacred Band for the Danubian campaign

Kolokotronis directs rebel pressure against the Ottoman stronghold of Tripolitsa

Bouboulina commits ships and wealth from Spetses to the Greek revolt

Ottoman authority in the Peloponnese collapses after Tripolitsa falls

Appointed Vice Admiral

Launches an uprising against Phanariot rule.

Birth of Arthur Cayley

Birth of Ion Bratianu

Death of Napoleon I

Is killed during the 1821 upheaval.

Diakos fights Ottoman forces at Alamana and is captured after defeat

Vrioni defeats Greek forces at Alamana during the early Ottoman response

The patriot victory at Carabobo secured effective Venezuelan independence and strengthened republican government.

Defeats a Royalist Army at Caraboba

Bolivar defeats the Spanish General Miguel de La Torre

Bolivar defeats the Spanish General Miguel de La Torre

Sacred Band is destroyed during the defeat at Dragashani

Androutsos delays Ottoman advance in a defensive stand at Gravia Inn