What was happening in the Church, the United States and the world when the Diocese of Cincinnati was officially founded in 1821?
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President: James Monroe
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Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins
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Chief Justice: John Marshall
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Congress: 16th (until March 4), 17th (starting March 4)
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Jan 21: John Breckinridge: 14th U.S. Vice President was born. He was a Confederate General in the Civil War.
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July 10: The U.S. took possession of its newly purchased territory of Florida from Spain.
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Aug. 4: The Saturday Evening Post relaunched.
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Aug. 10: – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
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Nov 16: William Becknell reached Santa Fe, NM, on the route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
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Dec: 25 – Clara Barton, humanitarian and founder of the American branch of the Red Cross.
In the World: •
Feb. 23: Death February 23 – John Keats, British poet (b. 1795)
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May 5: Emperor Napoleon dies in exile.
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June 14: Egyptian conquest of Sudan. King Badi VII of Sennar surrenders his throne and realm without a fight to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire.
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June 24: Battle of Carabobo: Simón Bolívar wins Venezuela’s independence from Spain.
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Aug. 24: The Treaty of Córdoba signed, ratifying Mexico’s independence from Spain and concluding the Mexican War of Independence.
July 19: George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Sept. 4: Russia proclaims territorial sovereignty over Northwestern North America, modern-day Alaska.
Aug. 21: Birth of Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer
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Nov. 11: Birth of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian writer
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