Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 - 1825 - 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830
Events
- February 9 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
- February 12 - Creek Indians cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west
- Railroad transportation begins with first track in England
- October 26 - the Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie
Births
- January 25 - George Pickett, Confederate general (+ 1876)
- May 4 -Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist
- October 25 - Johann Strauss II, composer
Deaths