1817 in the United States

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1817
in
the United States
Decades:
See also:

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1817 atlas map of the United States

Events from the year 1817 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

James Madison (DR-Virginia) (until March 4)
James Monroe (DR-Virginia) (starting March 4)
vacant (until March 4)
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR-New York) (starting March 4)

Events

March 4: James Monroe becomes the fifth U.S. president James Monroe White House portrait 1819.jpg
March 4: James Monroe becomes the fifth U.S. president
Daniel D. Tompkins becomes the sixth U.S. vice president Daniel D Tompins by John Wesley Jarvis.jpg
Daniel D. Tompkins becomes the sixth U.S. vice president

January–March

April–June

July–September

The Gloucester sea serpent, a "large marine animal, supposed to be a serpent, seen near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in August 1817" 1817 Gloucester sea serpent.jpg
The Gloucester sea serpent, a "large marine animal, supposed to be a serpent, seen near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in August 1817"

October–December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "An 1820 Claim to Congress: Alabama Territory : 1817", The Intruders, TNGenNet Inc., 2001, quick webpage: TN-537.
  2. Report of a committee of the Linnaean Society of New England, relative to a large marine animal, supposed to be a serpent, seen near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in August 1817. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817
  3. George Dangerfield. The Awakening of American Nationalism: 1815–1828 (1965).
  4. Pattee, Fred Lewis (1937b). "Introduction". In Pattee, Fred Lewis (ed.). American Writers: A Series of Papers Contributed to Blackwood's Magazine (1824-1825). Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. p. 22. OCLC   464953146.

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