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1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1817th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 817th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1810s decade.
February 7 – Baltimore becomes the first U.S. city with public street gas lighting. March 3. President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun 's Bonus Bill. U.S. Congress passes law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the Alabama Territory effective in August. [1]
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Jan 25 Gioachino Rossini 's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres in Rome. Composer Gioachino Rossini. Jan 31 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna. Feb 5 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) Feb 7 Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at ...
1817 (MDCCCXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1817th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 817th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1817, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead ...
April 17 – Martin Van Buren passes Erie Canal bill. April 28 – Rush-Bagot Treaty is signed. May – The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City. June 5 – First Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched. June 25 – Large prison riot in Copenhagen prison – army ...
Waterloo Bridge opens June 1817. January – The Black Dwarf is first published in London as a satirical radical unstamped newspaper by journalist Thomas Jonathan Wooler. 20 January – HMS Jasper is wrecked in the vicinity of Plymouth Sound by hurricane-force winds with the loss of 65 lives. [1]
