1820

1820 — China: September — The Jiaqing Emperor died / United States: Massachusetts divided in two with the admission of Maine as a state

6 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912JapanEdo period 1603–1868United StatesUnited States 1776–
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 1819화성(華城)의 성문에 괘서가 발생함
  • 1821사현정(四賢井) 중건
  • 1822순흥부사 이의원(李懿遠) 부임
  • 1822봉화현감 박시원(朴時源) 부임
  • September — The Jiaqing Emperor died.
  • Poverty becomes endemic in the Eight Banners
  • October — The Jiaqing Emperor's son the Daoguang Emperor became emperor of the Qing dynasty.
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 1821伊能忠敬、『大日本沿海輿地全図』を完成させる。
  • Massachusetts divided in two with the admission of Maine as a state.
  • U.S. presidential election, 1820: James Monroe reelected president unopposed, Daniel D. Tompkins reelected vice president.
  • March 4, 1821 – President Monroe and Vice President Tompkins begin their second terms
  • 1818Illinois becomes the 21st state
  • 1818Battle of Arroyo Grande
  • 1818Jackson Purchase
  • 1818Cumberland Road opened
  • 1819Alabama becomes the 22nd state in the U.S.
  • 1819McCulloch v. Maryland (17 US 316 1819) prohibits state laws from infringing upon federal constitutional authority
  • 1819Panic of 1819
  • 1819African Slave Trade Patrol
  • 1819Adams-Onís Treaty, including acquisition of Florida
  • 1819Dartmouth College v. Woodward (17 US 518 1819) protects principle of honoring contracts and charters
  • 1821Adams–Onís Treaty
  • 1821Missouri becomes a state
  • 1821Treaty of Chicago
  • 1821Florida becomes a U.S. territory; the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty goes into effect