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Chronological Table: Charlotte
Princess Charlotte of Wales married to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, at Carlton House, May 2.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius preceded by an earthquake, August 7. Lord Exmouth's Bombardment of Algiers, August 27. 1817 The Prince Regent attacked when proceeding to open Parliament, Janu- -- ary 28.
New silver coinage issued by English Government, February 13. James Monroe inaugurated President of the United States, March 4. Habeas Corpus Act suspended in England, March 7.
Fortress of Hatteras, in the East Indies, captured, March. Province of Pernambuco, in South America, declared itself independent of the crown of Brazil, April 5.
The Portuguese sovereignty re-established in Pernambuco, May 18. Watson, senior, Thistlewood, Preston, and Hooper, brought from the Tower to be tried for High Treason, June 9. Watson on the 16th found not guilty. The other prosecutions abandoned.
A proclamation issued, ordering the new gold coin called a sovereign, to pass current at 2 os, July 5.
The Princess Charlotte of Wales and of Saxe-Coburg died in child-birth, having been delivered of a still-born child, November 6. Defeat of the Peishwah, at the head of 10,000 troops, by the British forces in India, November.
The Rajah of Nagpore defeated by the British, December 17. 1818 The King of Spain prohibits the Slave Trade, north of the line in Africa, January 4. Charles XIII., King of Sweden, died February 20.
Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands for abolishing the Slave Trade, May 4.
Imprisonment for Debt abolished in the State of New York, June 12. The Duke of Kent married to a Princess of Saxe-Coburg, July 13. The Emperor of Austria, Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Lord Castlereagh, Duke of Wellington, Duke of Richelieu, and other Ministers of the Allied Sovereigns, met in Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle, September 29. The National Guards of France reduced to their municipal institution, by Louis XVIII., October 3.
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle signed for the evacuation of France by the Allied Armies, October 9.-Amount of the contributions to be paid by France, between eleven and twelve millions.
A. D. 1818 Queen Charlotte died, November 17.
The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle dissolved, November 26. The Queen of Spain died suddenly, December 26. 1819 Maria-Theresa of Parma, Queen of Charles IV. of Spain, died at Rome, Janu- -- ary 4.
Charles IV. of Spain died, January 26.
Kotzebue, the dramatist, assassinated af Manheim, by a student of Würtzburg, named Sand, April 2.
The Duchess of Kent safely delivered of a daughter (afterwards Queen Vic- ), at Kensington Palace, May 24.
The old law of wager of battle, in which personal combat was allowed, abolished in Great Britain, June 5.
Congress on the affairs of Europe at Carlsbad, August 1. Meeting at Peterfield, near Manchester, attacked by a military force, some killed and many wounded, August 16. 1820 Commencement of a Revolution in Spain, January 1. - Society for the Relief of the Houseless Poor founded in London, January 14. The Duke of Kent dies, January 23.