1817
Appearance
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
Years: 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 - 1817 - 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822
Events
- James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America
- Elgin Marbles displayed in British Museum
Births
- July 12 - Henry David Thoreau, US philosopher
- November 30- Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian
Deaths
- January 12 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit
- February 22 - Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, mathematician
- July 18 - Jane Austen, British novelist