1822 Calendar
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1822 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1822
– The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
January 14, 1822
– Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
January 15, 1822
– Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
February 24, 1822
– The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
March 31, 1822
– The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
May 16, 1822
– Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
May 26, 1822
– 116 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway’s history.
June 14, 1822
– Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled “Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables”.
September 7, 1822
– Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
September 27, 1822
– Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
Who Were Born On 1822?
January 6, 1822
– Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
January 28, 1822
– Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
March 4, 1822
– Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician (d. 1880)
March 14, 1822
– Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
March 16, 1822
– Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
April 27, 1822
– Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
May 13, 1822
– Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
May 26, 1822
– Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. 1896)
October 4, 1822
– Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
December 23, 1822
– Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875)