1820s
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| Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
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| Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s | |
| Years: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 | |
Events and Trends
- Nationalistic independence movements 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:
- **The Republic of Gran Colombia under President Simón Bolívar (1819 - 1828) expands over South America
- **Mexico (1821)
- **Brazil (1822)
- The United Provinces of Central America were formed in 1823.
- United States (1825) The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
- Temperance movement emerges in U.S.
- Americo-Liberians begin to settle in the Colony of Liberia with the support of the American Colonization Society
World Leaders
- Emperor Francis II (Austria)
- Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
- King Louis XVIII (Restoration France)
- King Charles X (Restoration France)
- Pope Pius VII
- Pope Leo XII
- Emperor Alexander I (Russia)
- Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
- King Ferdinand VII (Spain)
- King George IV (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- President James Monroe (United States)
- President John Quincy Adams (United States)
- Fath Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
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