What happened in 1821?
172 recorded events in 1821, including 78 in people, 27 in wars & conflicts and 13 in architecture & engineering.
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Major Events 1
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Greek War of Independence begins
Greeks rise up against Ottoman rule, beginning a war that leads to Greek independence.
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Wars & Conflicts 27
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Battle of Carabobo
1821 decisive battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence
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Battle of Alamana
1821 battle of the Greek War of Independence
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Siege of Baghdad
1821 siege
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Battle of Gravia Inn
1821 battle during the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Dragashani
1821 Greek battle
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Siege of Tripolitsa
1821 siege and massacre of Muslims and Jews in Tripolitsa
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Battle of Valtetsi
1821 battle of the Greek War of Independence
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Siege of Patras
1821 siege by the Greek rebels during the early days of the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Yaguachi
1821 battle
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Battle of Kalamata
1821 liberation of Kalamata
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Battle of Lalas
1821 battle occurring during the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Vasilika
1821 battle during the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Skuleni
1821 battle of the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Doliana
1821 battle that occurred during the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Rieti
First battle of the Italian unification process ("Risorgimento")
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Second Battle of Huachi
1821 battle of the Ecuadorian War of Independence
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Siege of the Acropolis
1821 battle between Greeks and Ottomans in the Acropolis of Athens
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Battle of Azcapotzalco
1821 battle
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Comanche–Mexico Wars
Armed conflicts between indigenous peoples and white people in Mexico between 1821 and circa 1870
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Siege of Monemvasia
1821 siege
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Battle of Novara
Battle on 8 April 1821
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First Siege of Callao
Siege of Callao in 1821
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Battle of Galatsi
1821 battle
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Battle of Higos Urco
1821 battle
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Battle of the Trench
1821 battle during the Greek War of Independence
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Siege of Livadia
Battle at Livadeia, Central Greece in 1821
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Siege of Salona
1821 siege during the Greek Revolution
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Politics & Government 4
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Adams–Onís Treaty
Treaty between the United States and Spain, ceding Florida to the U.S. (1819)
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Treaty of Córdoba
Treaty that established Mexican independence from Spain
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Treaty of Chicago
1821 treaty between the United States and representatives of the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi peoples
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Treaty of Indian Springs
1821 treaty between the Muscogee and United States
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People 78
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Félix de Azara died
Spanish scientist (1742-1821)
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Patriarch Grigorios V of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Cyril VI of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Hacı Halil Efendi died
137th Ottoman Sheikh ul-Islam
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Franz Karl Achard died
German chemist
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Louis Claude Richard died
French botanist (1754-1821)
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Claudius James Rich died
British business agent, traveller and antiquarian (1787-1821)
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William Robert Broughton died
British naval officer
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James Burney died
Royal Navy admiral (1750-1821)
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Jacques La Ramee died
French-Canadian and Métis coureur des bois
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Edward Bancroft died
British naturalist and chemist (1745-1821) (1745 in New-Style dating)
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Heinrich Kuhl died
German naturalist and zoologist (1797–1821)
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Anders Jahan Retzius died
Swedish naturalist and professor of botany, chemist, and natural history, Lund University (1742-1821)
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Colin Mackenzie died
Surveyor General of India
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John Rennie died
Engineer from Scotland (1761-1821)
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Samuel Vince died
British mathematician, astronomer and physicist
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Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr died
German naturalist
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Pierre Denys de Montfort died
French zoologist (1766-1820)
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Honda Toshiaki died
Japanese mathematician
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Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz died
Swedish inventor (1754–1821)
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Abraham Pihl died
Norwegian clergyman, astronomer, architect and watchmaker
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Antonio Benedetto Carpano died
Italian inventor
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Yamagata Bantō died
Scholar
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Teresa Ciceri Castiglioni died
Italian inventor, agronomist
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Hugh Davies died
Welsh botanist, 1739-1821
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Carlo Vanvitelli died
Italian architect
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Eleanor Coade died
British businesswoman known for manufacturing Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments (1733–1821)
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John Bonnycastle died
British maths teacher
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Carl Wilhelm Juch died
Botanist (1774-1821)
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Ferdinand Giese died
Baltic German pharmacologist and university teacher (1781-1821)
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Anton Ambschel died
Slovenian scientist and philosopher
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John Cuthbertson died
English instrument maker, 1743 - 1821 (1743–1821)
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Adam Walker died
English inventor
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Coenraad de Buys died
South African "remarkable figure"
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Josef Antonín Janiš died
Czech priest and beekeeper
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Robert Hood died
Royal Navy officer, arctic explorer, and artist
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Elizabeth Inchbald died
English novelist, actress, dramatist (1753–1821)
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Ludwig Geyer died
German artist (1779-1821)
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Gaspare Pacchierotti died
Italian opera singer
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Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre died
French actress, dancer, and singer
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Ivan Dmitrevsky died
Russian actor
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Louis-François Ribié died
French actor
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Dorothea Ackermann died
German actress
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Maria Viganò died
Ballet dancer, the wife of Salvatore Viganò
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Charles Murray died
Scottish actor and dramatist
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Eleonore Schikaneder died
Stage actress and theatre manager
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Antoine Bullant died
Czech musician and composer (1751-1821)
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Johann Joseph Nouseul died
German singer
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Johann Alexander Herschel died
German musician and astronomer
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky born
Born in Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor. Russian novelist (1821–1881).
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Charles Baudelaire born
Born in former 11th arrondissement of Paris. French poet and critic (1821–1867).
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Gustave Flaubert born
Born in Rouen. French novelist (1821–1880).
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Nikolay Nekrasov born
Born in Nemyriv. Russian poet, writer, critic, editor and publisher (1821–1878).
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Hermann von Helmholtz born
Born in Potsdam. German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894).
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Rudolf Virchow born
Born in Świdwin. German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902).
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Richard Francis Burton born
Born in Torquay. British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890).
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Elizabeth Blackwell born
Born in Bristol. American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910).
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel born
Born in Geneva. Swiss philosopher and poet (1821-1881).
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John C. Breckinridge born
Born in Lexington. Vice president of the United States from 1857 to 1861 (1821–1875).
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Bartolomé Mitre born
Born in Buenos Aires. President of Argentina (1821-1906).
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Henry Thomas Buckle born
Born in Lewisham. English historian (1821–1862).
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Vasile Alecsandri born
Born in Bacău County. Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat.
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Heinrich Barth born
Born in Hamburg. German explorer (1821-1865).
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Cyprian Norwid born
Born in Głuchy. Polish poet (1821–1883).
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James Longstreet born
Born in Edgefield County. Confederate Army general (1821–1904).
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Apollon Maykov born
Born in Moscow. Russian poet and translator (1821–1897).
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Albert, 4th duc de Broglie born
Born in Paris. French politician (1821-1901).
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Gabriel García Moreno born
Born in Guayaquil. President of Ecuador (1860-1865; 1869; 1869-1875).
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Samuel Baker born
Born in London. British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist (1821–1893).
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Ferdinand Gregorovius born
Born in Nidzica. German historian (1821–1891).
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Georgi Rakovski born
Born in Kotel. Bulgarian revolutionary and writer.
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Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este born
Born in Modena. Austrian archduke (1821-1849).
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Henri Alexis Brialmont born
Born in Venlo. Belgian military engineer and writer (1821-1903).
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Leopold III, Prince of Lippe born
Born in Detmold. German royal (1821–1875).
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Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae born
Born in Vejle. Danish archaeologist, historian, politician and second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1821-1885).
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Churchill Babington born
Born in Rothley. English scholar, archaeologist and naturalist (1821-1889).
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Franz Karl Achard died
Died in Konary. German chemist.
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Jacques La Ramee died
Died in Laramie River. French-Canadian and Métis coureur des bois.
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Science & Technology 5
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Heriot-Watt University
University in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Singapore General Hospital
Hospital in Singapore
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Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute
One of the oldest Educational Institute in India. Known for its contribution to Archeology, Indology and Linguistics
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Widener University
Private university
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Bronglais Hospital
Hospital in Wales
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Exploration & Discovery 6
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Second expedition to Palembang
Second expedition to Palembang (Exploration & Discovery).
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Jarvis Island
Coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean
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Peter I Island
Norwegian territorial claim and volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea
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Grotte du Lazaret
Prehistoric cave in France
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Cape Vostok
The west extremity of the Havre Mountains and the northwest extremity of Alexander Island in Antarctic
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Kirkdale Cave
Cave in North Yorkshire, England
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Religion & Belief Systems 9
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Assumption Cathedral
Principal Roman Catholic church of Thailand
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Óbuda Synagogue
Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary
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Synagogue
Building in Sabbioneta, Italy
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church of the Transfiguration
Cathedral in Torzhok, Russia
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Cathedral of the Theotokos of Okovtsy
Cathedral of the Theotokos of Okovtsy (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue in Nagykanizsa
Synagogue in Nagykanizsa (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue of Hégenheim
Synagogue located in Haut-Rhin, in France
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Free Meeting House
Historic building in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Church of the Decapitation of Saint John in Zaraisk
Church of the Decapitation of Saint John in Zaraisk (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 12
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De La Rue
British security printing, papermaking and cash handling systems company
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Rodenbach Brewery
Brewery in Roeselare, Belgium
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Girolamo Luxardo S.p.A
Italian liqueur factory; alcohol brand
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J. and G. Rennie
British engineering company (1821–?)
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Guthrie
Company
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C.M.S. Press
First printing press in Kerala
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Columbia Fur Company
Dissolved fur and Native American trade company
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Bunker Hill Breweries
Brewery in USA
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Guardian Assurance Company
British insurance company
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Bristol General Steam Navigation Company
Shipping Company
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F. W. Doberck & søn
Danish decorative metal manufacturer
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Woolstenhulmes & Rye
English manufacturer (1821–1897)
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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Wallachian uprising of 1821
Social and political rebellion in Wallachia
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Cinderloo Uprising
Civic unrest in Shropshire, England, resulting in a massacre
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Architecture & Engineering 13
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Mandal Church
Cultural property
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St Thomas Church Dhaka
Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Stor-Elvdal Church
Church in Stor-Elvdal, Innlandet, Norway
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Church of St. John the Baptist, Židikai
Roman Catholic church in Židikai, Lithuania
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Old Åkra Church
Church building in Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway
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St Mary's, Bryanston Square
Church of England church in London
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Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood
Church in South Gloucestershire, England, UK
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St. Nicholas' Church, Inzersdorf
Church building in Liesing, Austria
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Central Presbyterian Church
Church in New York, United States
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Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales
Redundant Anglican church in North Yorkshire, England, UK
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All Saints' Church, Ripley
Grade II listed church in Derbyshire, England, UK
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St Andrew's Church, Andreas, Isle of Man
Church in Andreas, Isle of Man
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San Lorenzo
Church building in Ghisalba, Italy
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Sports & Entertainment 3
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Theatre Royal Haymarket
West-End theatre in London, England, UK
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Strasbourg Opera House
The opera house in Strasbourg, France
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Gorky Drama Theatre
Theatre in Simferopol, Crimea
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Empires & Countries 12
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Greece founded
Greece was founded, with its capital at Athens.
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Peru founded
Peru was founded, with its capital at Lima.
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Costa Rica founded
Costa Rica was founded, with its capital at San José.
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Honduras founded
Honduras was founded, with its capital at Tegucigalpa.
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Guatemala founded
Guatemala was founded, with its capital at Guatemala City.
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Nicaragua founded
Nicaragua was founded, with its capital at Managua.
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Gold Coast Colony founded
Gold Coast Colony was founded, with its capital at Accra.
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Protectorate of San Martín founded
Protectorate of San Martín was founded, with its capital at Lima.
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Hesse-Hanau dissolved
Hesse-Hanau ceased to exist, having been centered at Hanau.
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Republic of Entre Ríos dissolved
Republic of Entre Ríos ceased to exist, having been centered at Concepción del Uruguay.
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Republic of Spanish Haiti founded
Republic of Spanish Haiti was founded, with its capital at Santo Domingo.
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Gangpur State founded
Gangpur State was founded.
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