1822
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1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1822nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 822nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1820s decade. As of the start of 1822, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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Events
- André-Marie Ampère discovered the attraction between current-carrying wires.
- The law of electric current and magnetic field was developed.
- The Sunday Times newspaper is first published in the United Kingdom.
Births
- February 25 – Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, British royal (died 1916)
- April 27 – Ulysses S. Grant, eighteenth President of the United States (d. 1885)
- October 4 – Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth President of the United States (d. 1893)
- December 27 – Louis Pasteur, French scientist (died 1895)
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