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Events

January–March

January 2 The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins.
January 25 Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia.
January 29 Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
February 6 The Treaty of Singapore, is signed between Hussein Shah of Johor and Sir Stamford Raffles of Britain, to create a trading settlement in Singapore.https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=92bb56f0-e821-40d1-bd8c-cf8fa7e7f172
February 15 The United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment, barring slaves from the new state of Missouri (the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the Missouri Compromise).
February 19 Captain William Smith sights Williams Point, the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, the first land discovered south of latitude 60° S.
February 22 Adams–Onís Treaty: Agreement is reached for Spain to cede Florida (already under USA's domination) to the United States in exchange for renunciation of American claims on Texas arising from the Louisiana Purchase, American payment of $5 million to settle citizens' claims regarding Florida, and definition of international borders. Following ratification, the treaty takes effect in 1821.
March 23 In Mannheim, Duchy of Baden, German dramatist August von Kotzebue is assassinated by Karl Ludwig Sand.

April–June

April 6 June 21 The French slave ship Le Rodeur sails from Bonny in West Africa to Guadeloupe in the West Indies. In the course of the transatlantic voyage many onboard become blind, and 30 slaves are thrown overboard as a consequence.
April 7 (N.S.) (March 26 O.S.) The Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire emancipates its peasants from serfdom.
April 21 In a period of about a month starting today during his "Living Year", English poet John Keats writes "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and most of his major odes.

May 22

The leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrives at Liverpool, England, nearly a month later, on June 20, although only a fraction of the trip is made under steam.
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, is founded.
June 16 The Rann of Kutch earthquake, estimated at at least 7.7 kills at least 1,543 people in India in what is now the state of Gujarat at the Arabian Sea, causing an stretch of land to be raised as much as and creating a natural dam, the Allahbund.

July–September

July 1 German astronomer Johann Georg Tralles discovers what will be called the Great Comet of 1819.
July 21 Explorer William Parry, sailing in the Arctic in a quest for the Northwest Passage through North America, guides the ships HMS Hecla and HMS Griper through an iceberg-laden passage that will later be named the Parry Channel.
July 24 A cabinet meeting is convened by British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool to discuss a report of an adulterous affair involving the wife of George, Prince of Wales, the regent for his ailing father King George III. Despite reports that Princess Caroline is involved with her servant, Bartolomeo Pergami, the cabinet concludes that the trial of Caroline for adultery would be an embarrassment to the nation.
August 2 The first Hep-Hep riots, communal pogroms against Ashkenazi Jews in the German Federation begin at Würzburg in Bavaria. They continue until October with many Jews killed.
August 6 Norwich University is founded by Captain Alden Partridge in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
August 7 Battle of Boyacá: Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist Army in Colombia. Colombia acquires its definitive independence from Spanish rule.
August 16 Peterloo Massacre: A yeomanry unit charges into a crowd of radical protesters in Manchester, England, resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries.
August 25 Salon of 1819 opens in Paris. Amongst the exhibits is The Raft of the Medusa.
September 20 The Carlsbad Decrees are issued throughout the German Confederation in response to the March assassination of August von Kotzebue, suppressing liberal and nationalist views.

October–December

October 13 A treaty is entered between the Raja of Cutch Deshalji II, and East India Company, placing the Cutch State under Company rule.
October 15 Desolation Island, in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic, is discovered by Captain William Smith.
November 2 Bagyidaw is crowned as Emperor of Burma, at the imperial capital of Inwa.
November 3 The becomes the first American warship to visit China, landing at Lintin Island, off of the coast of Canton.
November 19 The Museo del Prado opens in Madrid. Initially, it has 311 significant paintings.
November 25 A British expeditionary force reaches Ras Al Khaimah in the Persian Gulf, preparatory to the bombardment and invasion of the town, which led to the signing of the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 between the British and what were to become known as the Trucial States.
December 14 – Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state.

December 17

The Republic of Gran Colombia is formally established, with Simón Bolívar as its first president.
The new astronomical observatory of Capodimonte in Naples starts operating. The astronomer Carlo Brioschi made the first observation by measuring the position of ⍺ Cassiopeiae.

Date unknown

Early Denis Johnson of London markets his "pedestrian curricle", a form of dandy horse, velocipede or kick scooter.
The city of Fernandina de Jagua (later Cienfuegos) is founded in Cuba.
A British Arctic expedition under William Parry, comprising HMS Hecla and HMS Griper, reaches longitude 112°51' W in the Northwest Passage, the furthest west which will be attained by any single-season voyage for 150 years.
The United States African Slave Trade Patrol is founded to stop the slave trade on the coast of West Africa.