1817

Year 1817 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by, from  to liberate  and then.
 * - The / patriotic army defeats the Spanish in the.
 * The is created by splitting the  in half, 9 months before  becomes a  state.
 * President vetoes 's.
 * - succeeds  as the.
 * - succeeds  as the.



April - June

 * - in, Italy
 * - appears in  in, England.
 * - The first American school for the opens in.
 * - Martin Van Buren passes bill.
 * - is signed.
 * - The of the  founded  while meeting in.
 * - First steamer, the , is launched.
 * - Large prison riot in prison - army is sent for to quell it.



July - September

 * - At, construction on the begins.
 * - City of, founded.
 * - Earthquake near the site of the ancient Greek city of results in 65 deaths.

October - December

 * October - President and Mrs. move back into the, after restoration repairs.
 * - accedes to the throne of.
 * - The first begins in.
 * - Fredric Cailliaud discovers the old Roman mines at Sikait,.
 * - is admitted as the 20th, separated from the.



Undated

 * are displayed in the.
 * extracts from  tar.
 * publishes .
 * A epidemic occurs in  and.
 * Outbreak of the.

January - June

 * -, Irish architect (d. )
 * - Sir, British-born South African statesman (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, daughter of King and mother of Tsar  (d. )
 * -, American Confederate general (d. )
 * -, Indian philosopher (d. )
 * -, English botanist (d. )

July - December

 * -, American philosopher (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Austrian general (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * - (Bahadaur) Founder of the Two Nation Theory for a future Pakistan (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur and grandfather of (d. )
 * -, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Spanish Jesuit (b. )
 * -, American statesman and financier (b. )
 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * -, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. )

July - December

 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )
 * -, Bath architect (b. c. 1738)
 * -, Venezuelan military leader (b. )
 * -, Colombian spy and revolutionary who worked for the Independence of Colombia (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician (b. )
 * - Emperor, (b. about 1751)


 * See also .