1817 (MDCCCXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1817th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 817th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1810s decade.

Events from the year 1817 in the United States. February 7 – Baltimore becomes the first U.S. city with public street gas lighting. President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun 's Bonus Bill. U.S. Congress passes law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the Alabama Territory effective in August.

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Events from the year 1817 in the United Kingdom. Waterloo Bridge opens June 1817. January – The Black Dwarf is first published in London as a satirical radical unstamped newspaper by journalist Thomas Jonathan Wooler. 20 January – HMS Jasper is wrecked in the vicinity of Plymouth Sound by hurricane-force winds with the loss of 65 lives. [1]

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January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina to free Chile and then Peru. February 12 – The Argentine / Chilean patriotic army defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Chacabuco.

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1817 is a railroad operations and share trading board game in the 18xx series with a distinct financial flair. It is named after the year the New York Stock Exchange opened at 40 Wall Street in New York.

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths. In the early hours of February 12, 1817, Argentine revolutionary...

1817 – Era of Good Feelings begins. In 1817, James Monroe became the U.S. President. Monroe sought national unity by combining different political factions. The era also saw the ends of European wars, which allowed the USA to foster trade ties with the European nations. Americans enjoyed peace, prosperity and a sense of national unity during ...