22 January 1821Discovery of Peter I IslandFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Discovers and names Peter I Island during the Russian Antarctic expedition
Historical records for Russia in 1821, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Discovers and names Peter I Island during the Russian Antarctic expedition
Attends the Congress of Laibach and supports Austrian intervention against the revolution in Naples.
Discovers Alexander I Island, one of the major land discoveries of the Russian Antarctic expedition
Repudiates Alexander Ypsilantis's uprising in the Danubian Principalities rather than support an unauthorised Greek revolt.
Completes the Russian circumnavigation of Antarctic waters during the Vostok and Mirny expedition of 1819-1821
Appointed Metropolian of Moscow
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