January 5 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire January 7 1st printing in Hawaii Liberia colonized by Americans February 4 Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa February 9 American Indian Society organizes February 23 Boston is incorporated as a city March 9 Charles Graham of New York patents artificial teeth March 16 Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano March 19 Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city March 22 Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna New York Horticultural Society founded March 30 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory May 1 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston May 3 Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) May 24 Battle of Pichincha, Bolivar secures independence of Quito from Spain May 30 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) June 9 Charles Graham patents false teeth June 16 Denmark Vesey, leads slave rebellion in South Carolina June 18 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined June 29 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaide Bonaparte July 25 General Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st emperor of Mexico July 26 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin July 30 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church August 10 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die September 7 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence October 8 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley October 12 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain October 20 1st edition of London Sunday Times October 26 King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language December 1 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran December 2 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US December 6 Veterinary school in Utrecht opens December 12 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
