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1821
Events
January–March
January 21
–
Peter I Island
in the Antarctic first sighted by
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
.
January 28
–
Alexander Island
, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
February 9
–
Columbian College
of the District of Columbia is chartered by President Monroe.
March 4
–
James Monroe
is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.
March 25
(
O.S.
)/
April 6
(
N.S.
) –
Metropolitan bishop
Germanos of Patras
raises the at the Monastery of
Agia Lavra
, symbolically marking the beginning of the
Greek War of Independence
against the
Ottoman Empire
; later celebrated as Greece's traditional
Independence Day
.
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