🕰️ Year
What Happened in 1817 — Events, Births & Deaths
1817 brings together 5 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
January 1
- January 24
Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
February 2
- February 8
An army led by Grand Marshal Las Heras crosses the Andes to join San Martín in the liberation of Chile from Spain.
- February 12
An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
April 1
- April 15
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
October 1
- October 30
Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.