esident of the Royal
Society. Ministry in France of the Duc de Richelieu. Death
of Grattan; of the Duke of Kent.
1821.--Second Inauguration of President Monroe. Revolution
in Naples and Piedmont. Insurrections in Spain. Independence
of Colombia, and fall of Spanish Power in Mexico and Peru.
Disturbances in Ireland. War in the Morea. Formal occupation
of the Floridas by the United States. Extinction of the
Mamelukes. Revolt in Wallachia and Moldavia. Death of Queen
Caroline; of Napoleon.
1822.--Mr. Canning's Bill for the admission of Catholic
Peers to the House of Lords. Disturbances in Ireland. Sir
James Mackintosh's Motion for a reform of Criminal Law. Mr.
Canning succeeds the Marquis of Londonderry (Lord
Castlereagh) as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord
Amherst appointed Governor-General of India. Fall of the
administration of the Duc de Richelieu. Congress of Vienna.
War in Greece. Insurrection of the Janizaries. The Persian
War. Settlement of the Canadian Boundary. Suicide of the
Marquis of Londonderry.
1823.--Great Agricultural Distress in Great Britain. Debates
on Catholic Emancipation, and on the Slave Trade. French
Invasion of Spain. Captain Franklin's Voyage to the Polar
Seas. Death of Pius VII.
1824.--General Prosperity in England. Capture of Ipsara by
the Turks. Visit of La Fayette to the United States. Leaders
of the Carbonari suppressed in Italy by the Austrian
Government. Repeal of duties between Great Britain and
Ireland. Burmese War, and Capture of Rangoon. Censorship of
the Press in France. Death of Louis XVIII., (September 16.)
1825.--Inauguration of President Adams. Independence of
Brazil acknowledged by Portugal. Coronation of Charles X.
Siege of Missolonghi. Inundations in the Netherlands. Death
of the Emperor Alexander, (December 1.)
1826.--Bolivar chosen President of Peru for Life.
Independence of Hayti acknowledged by France. Riots in
Lancashire. Surrender of the fortress of St. Juan d'Ulloa to
the Mexicans. Great Debates in Parliament on the Slave
Trade. Death of Ex-President Adams; of Jefferson. Coronation
of the Emperor Nicholas.
1827.--Death of the Earl of Liverpool, and dissolution of
the Ministry. Mr. Canning appointed First Lord of the
Treasury; dies fou
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