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March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
August 7 – The 1820 United States census is conducted, eventually determining a population of 11,176,475. December 3 – U.S. presidential election, 1820: James Monroe is re-elected, virtually unopposed.
The 1820s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1820, and ended on December 31, 1829.. It saw the rise of the First Industrial Revolution. Photography, rail transport, and the textile industry were among those that largely developed and grew prominent over the decade, as technology advanced significantly.
At Jefferson's urging, Congress outlaws the international slave trade in an Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, whereby importing or exporting slaves becomes a federal crime, effective January 1, 1808; in 1820 it is made the crime of piracy. Previously about 14,000 new foreign-born slaves had arrived in the U.S. each year.
1820: Hans Christian Ørsted discovers that a current passed through a wire will deflect the needle of a compass, establishing the deep relationship between electricity and magnetism (electromagnetism). 1820: Michael Faraday and James Stoddart discover alloying iron with chromium produces a stainless steel resistant to oxidising elements .
1820–1835: At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids, and 100 settlements are destroyed. [5] 1820–1842: In the Industrial Revolution child labor was exploited more than ever, especially in cotton factories and mines. Missouri Compromise on the slavery issue in U.S. Revolutions of 1820 in Southern Europe.
2020s in United States history is a narrative summary of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2029. The first part is divided chronologically by Congressional sessions and the second part highlights major issues that span several years or even the entire decade.
An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online