1817

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s

Years: 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 - 1817 - 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822

Events

• March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America
• July 4 - At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
• December 10 - Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state.
• Elgin Marbles displayed in British Museum
• Emperor Ninko ascends to the throne of Japan

1817 in literature:

• Harper and Brothers[?], New York publishing house, founded

Births

• February 19 - King William III of the Netherlands
• February 22 - Carl Wilhelm Borchardt[?], mathematician
• March 22 - Braxton Brag[?], Confederate general (+ 1876)
• July 12 - Henry David Thoreau, US philosopher
• July 24 - Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg[?]
• November 30- Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian

Deaths

• January 12 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit
• July 18 - Jane Austen, British novelist