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During the 19th century, in both European and American art, the landscape emerged as a subject of profound significance. As industry flourished, many artists turned to nature as an escape. | During the 19th century, in both European and American art, the landscape emerged as a subject of profound significance. As industry flourished, many artists turned to nature as an escape. | ||
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+ | The '''1820s''' decade ran from January 1, 1820, to December 31, 1829. | ||
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+ | == Politics and wars == | ||
+ | === Wars === | ||
+ | [[File:January Suchodolski - Akhaltsikhe siege.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)|Russo-Turkish War]]]] | ||
+ | * [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]] | ||
+ | * [[Caucasian War]] (1817–1864) | ||
+ | * [[Java War]] (1825–1830) | ||
+ | * 1828 Siamese-Lao War: [[Thailand|Siam]] invades and [[sacks]] [[Vientiane]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Internal conflicts === | ||
+ | * The [[Radical War]] is fought in [[Scotland]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Colonization === | ||
+ | * [[Americo-Liberian]]s begin to settle in the Colony of [[Liberia]] with the support of the [[American Colonization Society]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Decolonization and independence === | ||
+ | *Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade: | ||
+ | **Greece gains independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the [[Greek War of Independence]] (1821–1827). | ||
+ | **Several countries declared their independence from Spain and Portugal: | ||
+ | *Mexico gains Independence from Spain after a bitter bloody war, leaving most of Mexico in ruins (1821) | ||
+ | ***The [[Republic of Gran Colombia]] under President [[Simón Bolívar]] (1819–1828) expands over South America | ||
+ | ***Mexico (1821) | ||
+ | ***[[Brazil]] (1822) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Prominent political events === | ||
+ | * The [[United Provinces of Central America]] were formed in 1823. | ||
+ | * [[Temperance movement]] emerges in U.S. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Technology == | ||
+ | * World's first modern railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], opens to the public in 1825. | ||
+ | * Invention of the photograph and the first still existing photograph taken in 1826. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Economics == | ||
+ | * United States (1825) The [[Erie Canal]] opens – passage from [[Albany, New York]] to [[Lake Erie]] and the [[Ohio and Erie Canal]] is dug to extend settlement access and commercial traffic to the [[Ohio River]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Popular culture == | ||
+ | === Music === | ||
+ | * [[Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]] premiers on May 7, 1824 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == People == | ||
+ | ===World leaders=== | ||
+ | King [[D.João VI]]([[Portugal]]) | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Emir [[Dost Mohammad Khan]] ([[Afghanistan]]) | ||
+ | * Supreme director [[José Rondeau]] ([[Argentina]]) | ||
+ | * Acting supreme [[Manuel Dorrego]] ([[Argentina]]) | ||
+ | * General [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]] ([[Argentina]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] (Austria) | ||
+ | * Chancellor [[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich]] (Austria) | ||
+ | * Sheikh [[Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah]] ([[Bahrain]]) | ||
+ | * Sheikh [[Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah]] ([[Bahrain]]) | ||
+ | * Administrative leader [[Tendzin Drugdra]] ([[Bhutan]]) | ||
+ | * Administrative leader [[Choki Gyaltshen]] ([[Bhutan]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Simón Bolívar]] ([[Bolivia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Antonio José de Sucre]] ([[Bolivia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[José María Pérez]] ([[Bolivia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[José Miguel de Velasco]] ([[Bolivia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Pedro Blanco]] ([[Bolivia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Andrés de Santa Cruz]] ([[Bolivia]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Pedro I]] ([[Brazil]]) | ||
+ | * Sultan [[Muhammad Kanzul Alam]] ([[Brunei]]) | ||
+ | * Sultan [[Muhammad Alam]] ([[Brunei]]) | ||
+ | * Sultan [[Omar Ali Saifuddin II]] ([[Brunei]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Ang Chan II]] ([[Cambodia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Agustín Eyzaguirre]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * Interim Supreme Director [[Ramón Freire]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * Acting Supreme Director [[Diego José Benavente]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Manuel Blanco Encalada]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Francisco Antonio Pinto]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Francisco Ramón Vicuña]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * President [[José Tomás Ovalle]] ([[Chile]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Daoguang]] (China) | ||
+ | * President [[Simón Bolívar]] ([[Greater Colombia]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Frederick VI]] (Denmark) | ||
+ | * Governor [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muḩammad ‘Alī]] ([[Egypt]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Iyoas II of Ethiopia|Iyoas II]] ([[Ethiopia]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Gigar of Ethiopia|Gigar]] ([[Ethiopia]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Baeda Maryam III of Ethiopia|Baeda Maryam III]] ([[Ethiopia]]) | ||
+ | * President [[José Cecilio del Valle]] ([[Federal Republic of Central America]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Manuel José Arce]] ([[Federal Republic of Central America]]) | ||
+ | * President [[José Francisco Barrundia]] ([[Federal Republic of Central America]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] ([[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|Restoration]] France) | ||
+ | * King [[Charles X of France|Charles X]] ([[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|Restoration]] France) | ||
+ | * Governor [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] (Greece) | ||
+ | * King [[Henri Christophe]] ([[Haiti]]) | ||
+ | * President [[Jean Pierre Boyer]] ([[Haiti]]) | ||
+ | * [[Pope Pius VII]] | ||
+ | * [[Pope Leo XII]] | ||
+ | * [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ienari]] (Japan) | ||
+ | * Khan [[Omar Beg]] ([[Khanate of Kokand|Kokand]]) | ||
+ | * Khan [[Madli Khan|Mohammed Ali]] ([[Khanate of Kokand|Kokand]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Sunjo of Joseon|Sunjo]] ([[Korea]]) | ||
+ | * Emir [[Jaber I Al-Sabah]] ([[Kuwait]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Agustín de Iturbide]] (Mexico) | ||
+ | * President [[Guadalupe Victoria]] (Mexico) | ||
+ | * President [[Vicente Guerrero]] (Mexico) | ||
+ | * President [[José María Bocanegra]] (Mexico) | ||
+ | * President [[Pedro Vélez]] (Mexico) | ||
+ | * Sultan [[Slimane]] ([[Morocco]]) | ||
+ | * Sultan [[Abderrahmane of Morocco|Abderrahmane]] ([[Morocco]]) | ||
+ | * Padshah [[Akbar II]] ([[Mughal Empire]]) | ||
+ | * [[Fath Ali Shah]] of [[Qajar dynasty]] ([[Persia]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Frederick William III]] ([[Prussia]]) | ||
+ | * Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] ([[Sikh Empire|Sikh Empire, Punjab]]) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]] (Russia) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]] (Russia) | ||
+ | * King [[Victor Emmanuel I]] ([[Sardinia]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Charles Felix]] ([[Sardinia]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Buddha Loetla Nabhalai|Rama II]] ([[Thailand|Siam]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Jessadabodindra|Rama III]] ([[Thailand|Siam]]) | ||
+ | * King [[Ferdinand VII]] (Spain) | ||
+ | * King [[Charles XIV John]] (Sweden) | ||
+ | * [[Pasha]] [[Yusuf Karamanli]] ([[Tripoli]]) | ||
+ | * King [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]) | ||
+ | * King [[William I of the Netherlands|William I]] ([[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]) | ||
+ | * President [[James Monroe]] (United States) | ||
+ | * President [[John Quincy Adams]] (United States) | ||
+ | * Emperor [[Minh Mạng]] ([[Vietnam]]) | ||
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- The Polar Sea (1824) - Caspar David Friedrich
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During the 19th century, in both European and American art, the landscape emerged as a subject of profound significance. As industry flourished, many artists turned to nature as an escape.
The 1820s decade ran from January 1, 1820, to December 31, 1829.
Contents |
Politics and wars
Wars
[[File:January Suchodolski - Akhaltsikhe siege.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Russo-Turkish War]]
- Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
- Caucasian War (1817–1864)
- Java War (1825–1830)
- 1828 Siamese-Lao War: Siam invades and sacks Vientiane.
Internal conflicts
- The Radical War is fought in Scotland.
Colonization
- Americo-Liberians begin to settle in the Colony of Liberia with the support of the American Colonization Society
Decolonization and independence
- Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade:
- Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1827).
- Several countries declared their independence from Spain and Portugal:
- Mexico gains Independence from Spain after a bitter bloody war, leaving most of Mexico in ruins (1821)
- The Republic of Gran Colombia under President Simón Bolívar (1819–1828) expands over South America
- Mexico (1821)
- Brazil (1822)
Prominent political events
- The United Provinces of Central America were formed in 1823.
- Temperance movement emerges in U.S.
Technology
- World's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opens to the public in 1825.
- Invention of the photograph and the first still existing photograph taken in 1826.
Economics
- United States (1825) The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie and the Ohio and Erie Canal is dug to extend settlement access and commercial traffic to the Ohio River.
Popular culture
Music
- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiers on May 7, 1824 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna.
People
World leaders
- Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (Afghanistan)
- Supreme director José Rondeau (Argentina)
- Acting supreme Manuel Dorrego (Argentina)
- General Juan Manuel de Rosas (Argentina)
- Emperor Francis II (Austria)
- Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
- Sheikh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (Bahrain)
- Sheikh Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah (Bahrain)
- Administrative leader Tendzin Drugdra (Bhutan)
- Administrative leader Choki Gyaltshen (Bhutan)
- President Simón Bolívar (Bolivia)
- President Antonio José de Sucre (Bolivia)
- President José María Pérez (Bolivia)
- President José Miguel de Velasco (Bolivia)
- President Pedro Blanco (Bolivia)
- President Andrés de Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
- Emperor Pedro I (Brazil)
- Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam (Brunei)
- Sultan Muhammad Alam (Brunei)
- Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin II (Brunei)
- King Ang Chan II (Cambodia)
- President Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)
- President Agustín Eyzaguirre (Chile)
- Interim Supreme Director Ramón Freire (Chile)
- Acting Supreme Director Diego José Benavente (Chile)
- President Manuel Blanco Encalada (Chile)
- President Francisco Antonio Pinto (Chile)
- President Francisco Ramón Vicuña (Chile)
- President José Tomás Ovalle (Chile)
- Emperor Daoguang (China)
- President Simón Bolívar (Greater Colombia)
- King Frederick VI (Denmark)
- Governor Muḩammad ‘Alī (Egypt)
- Emperor Iyoas II (Ethiopia)
- Emperor Gigar (Ethiopia)
- Emperor Baeda Maryam III (Ethiopia)
- President José Cecilio del Valle (Federal Republic of Central America)
- President Manuel José Arce (Federal Republic of Central America)
- President José Francisco Barrundia (Federal Republic of Central America)
- King Louis XVIII (Restoration France)
- King Charles X (Restoration France)
- Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias (Greece)
- King Henri Christophe (Haiti)
- President Jean Pierre Boyer (Haiti)
- Pope Pius VII
- Pope Leo XII
- Shogun Tokugawa Ienari (Japan)
- Khan Omar Beg (Kokand)
- Khan Mohammed Ali (Kokand)
- Emperor Sunjo (Korea)
- Emir Jaber I Al-Sabah (Kuwait)
- Emperor Agustín de Iturbide (Mexico)
- President Guadalupe Victoria (Mexico)
- President Vicente Guerrero (Mexico)
- President José María Bocanegra (Mexico)
- President Pedro Vélez (Mexico)
- Sultan Slimane (Morocco)
- Sultan Abderrahmane (Morocco)
- Padshah Akbar II (Mughal Empire)
- Fath Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
- King Frederick William III (Prussia)
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Sikh Empire, Punjab)
- Emperor Alexander I (Russia)
- Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
- King Victor Emmanuel I (Sardinia)
- King Charles Felix (Sardinia)
- King Rama II (Siam)
- King Rama III (Siam)
- King Ferdinand VII (Spain)
- King Charles XIV John (Sweden)
- Pasha Yusuf Karamanli (Tripoli)
- King George IV (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- King William I (United Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- President James Monroe (United States)
- President John Quincy Adams (United States)
- Emperor Minh Mạng (Vietnam)
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