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| Previous Hispanola: After 1822 the independent country extends over the eastern side of Hispanola.
The plantations of the south have failed, but Christophe’s plantations in the north have adapted to a slave-free economy.
Next South America & Caribbean: Spanish Royalist armies are defeated at Quito. Haiti conquers Santo Domingo, driving Spain from another colony in the western hemisphere. Independence of Brazil. |
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| North America: Agustin de Iturbide becomes emperor of Mexico. Slave codes are strengthened in several southern states in reaction to an insurrection in South Carolina. Explorers recruited to explore and establish fur trade in uper Missouri Valley. Yellow fever in New York City. | |||||||||||
| Europe: Riots in Dublin, potato crops fail. British Foreign Minister Castlereagh slits his throat. Rosetta stone deciphered in France. First cast lead typesetting machine. Sir Walter Scott, Franz Liszt. First permanent photograph in France. | |||||||||||
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January 1822
January 30, 1822 at the St. Philip Theatre a production of The Three Sultanas features two very handsome sceneries (a garden and a parlor) painted by Mr. Fogliardi who opens the first Art Academy in New Orleans and is an acquaintenance of John James Audubon and Beltrami. |
February 1822
On February 27, 1822 the production of Madelon’s Dinner features more scenery by Fogliardi. |
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Lafayette Square acquired by the city of New Orleans. Wooden gutters are still being used and repaired through 1822 under American administration. James H. Caldwell builds Louisiana’s first English-speaking theater named the American on the corner of Poydras and Camp Street. Next door he will build the city’s first gas plant, making him the father of New Orleans utilities. The theater, the first of many built by Caldwell competes with the Orleans Theater in the French Quarter and helps to establish New Orleans as a major theatrical center between 1820 and the 1880s |
Louisianian begins publication in Monroe. L. Placide Canonge (1822-1893) is a New Orleans educator, playwright and journalist as well as director and manager of the French Opera. |
The steamboat S. S. Robert Fulton steams from New York City to New Orleans. Paul Tulane opens a dry-goods and clothing store. |
Donaldsonville is the home of Dr. F.M. Prevost, who performs successful early Cesarean sections in 1820s. | Fort Jackson built around 1822-32 near Venice to protect the lower river. Named for Andrew Jackson. 1862 - Fort withstood 10 day siege by Farragut and surrendered after New Orleans fell. In 1898 and 1917-18 used as training base. 1961-Fort was declared a national monument. Fort Jesup is established in Many, La. by General Zachary Taylor as the major American fortification on the Southwestern frontier. It later became known as the Cradle of the Mexican War. |
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