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  1. Beethoven

    Resurgence

    1819Vienna, Austria

    In 1819 Beethoven began work on the Diabelli Variations and the Missa Solemnis, composing over the next few years piano sonatas and bagatelles to satisfy the demands of publishers and the need for income. He was ill again for an extended time in 1821 and completed the Missa in 1823, three years after its original due date. Around 1822 his brother Johann began to assist him in his business affairs, including him lending him money against ownership of some of his compositions.

  2. Simón Bolívar

    Venezuelan Second National Congress

    Monday Feb 15, 1819Angostura, Venezuela

    On 15 February 1819, Bolívar was able to open the Venezuelan Second National Congress in Angostura, in which he was elected president and Francisco Antonio Zea was elected vice president. Bolívar then decided that he would first fight for the independence of New Granada, to gain resources of the vice royalty, intending later to consolidate the independence of Venezuela.

  3. Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    Abdullah ibn Saud was sent to Istanbul and executed

    May, 1819Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

    While the campaign was successful, the power of the Saudis was not broken. They continued to harass Ottoman and Egyptian forces from the central Nejd region of the Peninsula. Consequently, Muhammad Ali dispatched another of his sons, Ibrahim, at the head of another army to finally rout the Saudis. Then, the Saudis were crushed and most of the Saudi family was captured. The family leader, Abdullah ibn Saud, was sent to Istanbul and executed.

  4. Flag of the United States

    Star for Illinois

    Sunday Jul 4, 1819U.S.

    The flag was changed to have 21 stars, with a new star to be added for Illinois.

  5. Simón Bolívar

    Battle of Boyacá

    Saturday Aug 7, 1819Boyacá, Colombia

    The campaign for the independence of New Granada, which included the crossing of the Andes mountain range, one of history's military feats, was consolidated with the victory at the Battle of Boyacá on 7 August 1819. The Battle of Boyacá (1819), was the decisive battle that ensured the success of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada. The battle of Boyaca is considered the beginning of the independence of the North of South America, and is considered important because it led to the victories of the battle of Carabobo in Venezuela, Pichincha in Ecuador, and Junín and Ayacucho in Peru.

  6. Bicycle

    First in London

    1819London, England, U.K.

    During the summer of 1819, the "hobby-horse", thanks in part to Johnson's marketing skills and better patent protection, became the craze and fashion in London society.

  7. Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    Bulaq Press

    1819Giza, Egypt

    In 1819/21, his government founded the first indigenous press in the Arab World, the Bulaq Press. The Bulaq Press published the official gazette of Muhammad Ali's government.

  8. Abraham Lincoln

    Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston

    Friday Dec 3, 1819U.S.

    On December 2, 1819, Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with three children of her own. Abraham became close to his stepmother, and called her "Mother".

  9. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim entry into Cairo

    Saturday Dec 11, 1819Cairo, Egypt

    On December 11, 1819, he made a triumphal entry into Cairo. After his return, Ibrahim gave effective support to the Frenchman, Colonel Sève (Suleiman Pasha), who was employed to drill the army on the European model.

  10. Simón Bolívar

    Bolívar returned to Angostura

    Friday Dec 17, 1819Angostura, Venezuela

    Bolívar returned to Angostura, when congress passed a law forming a greater Republic of Colombia on 17 December, making Bolívar president and Zea vice president, with Francisco de Paula Santander vice president on the New Granada side, and Juan Germán Roscio vice president on the Venezuela side.

  11. Bicycle

    Out of their Boots

    1819London, United Kingdom

    Riders, in London, wore out their boots surprisingly rapidly, and the fashion of riding the dandy horse, bicycles, ended within the year, In 1819, after riders on pavements, sidewalks, were fined two pounds.

  12. Beethoven

    Resurgence

    1819Vienna, Austria

    In 1819 Beethoven began work on the Diabelli Variations and the Missa Solemnis, composing over the next few years piano sonatas and bagatelles to satisfy the demands of publishers and the need for income. He was ill again for an extended time in 1821 and completed the Missa in 1823, three years after its original due date. Around 1822 his brother Johann began to assist him in his business affairs, including him lending him money against ownership of some of his compositions.

  13. Simón Bolívar

    Venezuelan Second National Congress

    Monday Feb 15, 1819Angostura, Venezuela

    On 15 February 1819, Bolívar was able to open the Venezuelan Second National Congress in Angostura, in which he was elected president and Francisco Antonio Zea was elected vice president. Bolívar then decided that he would first fight for the independence of New Granada, to gain resources of the vice royalty, intending later to consolidate the independence of Venezuela.

  14. Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    Abdullah ibn Saud was sent to Istanbul and executed

    May, 1819Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

    While the campaign was successful, the power of the Saudis was not broken. They continued to harass Ottoman and Egyptian forces from the central Nejd region of the Peninsula. Consequently, Muhammad Ali dispatched another of his sons, Ibrahim, at the head of another army to finally rout the Saudis. Then, the Saudis were crushed and most of the Saudi family was captured. The family leader, Abdullah ibn Saud, was sent to Istanbul and executed.

  15. Flag of the United States

    Star for Illinois

    Sunday Jul 4, 1819U.S.

    The flag was changed to have 21 stars, with a new star to be added for Illinois.

  16. Simón Bolívar

    Battle of Boyacá

    Saturday Aug 7, 1819Boyacá, Colombia

    The campaign for the independence of New Granada, which included the crossing of the Andes mountain range, one of history's military feats, was consolidated with the victory at the Battle of Boyacá on 7 August 1819. The Battle of Boyacá (1819), was the decisive battle that ensured the success of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada. The battle of Boyaca is considered the beginning of the independence of the North of South America, and is considered important because it led to the victories of the battle of Carabobo in Venezuela, Pichincha in Ecuador, and Junín and Ayacucho in Peru.

  17. Bicycle

    First in London

    1819London, England, U.K.

    During the summer of 1819, the "hobby-horse", thanks in part to Johnson's marketing skills and better patent protection, became the craze and fashion in London society.

  18. Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    Bulaq Press

    1819Giza, Egypt

    In 1819/21, his government founded the first indigenous press in the Arab World, the Bulaq Press. The Bulaq Press published the official gazette of Muhammad Ali's government.

  19. Abraham Lincoln

    Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston

    Friday Dec 3, 1819U.S.

    On December 2, 1819, Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with three children of her own. Abraham became close to his stepmother, and called her "Mother".

  20. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim entry into Cairo

    Saturday Dec 11, 1819Cairo, Egypt

    On December 11, 1819, he made a triumphal entry into Cairo. After his return, Ibrahim gave effective support to the Frenchman, Colonel Sève (Suleiman Pasha), who was employed to drill the army on the European model.

  21. Simón Bolívar

    Bolívar returned to Angostura

    Friday Dec 17, 1819Angostura, Venezuela

    Bolívar returned to Angostura, when congress passed a law forming a greater Republic of Colombia on 17 December, making Bolívar president and Zea vice president, with Francisco de Paula Santander vice president on the New Granada side, and Juan Germán Roscio vice president on the Venezuela side.

  22. Bicycle

    Out of their Boots

    1819London, United Kingdom

    Riders, in London, wore out their boots surprisingly rapidly, and the fashion of riding the dandy horse, bicycles, ended within the year, In 1819, after riders on pavements, sidewalks, were fined two pounds.