8 events found for 1817
Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched
The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais
In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer…
Italian explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Belzoni, uncovered the Tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings.
Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.