| January 8, 1818 |
Missouri petitions for statehood |
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Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) |
| January 8, 1818 |
Yearly increase in manufacturing drops nearly 80% in 1817 over 1816. |
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Panic of 1819 |
| February 28, 1818 |
New York passes a bill requiring state banks to pay debt in United States notes or specie (hard currency). |
New York
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Panic of 1819 |
| March 16, 1818 |
Missouri's petition for statehood is presented to the U. S. House. It is not considered before the end of the session. |
Missouri
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Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) |
| March 23, 1818 |
Don Carlos Buell born near Marietta, Ohio |
Ohio
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Don Carlos Buell |
| May 28, 1818 |
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard born, outside New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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P. G. T. Beauregard |
| July 1, 1818 |
Second Bank of the United States switches from expansionary to deflationary by requiring payment from state banks in gold. |
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Panic of 1819 |
| July 1, 1818 |
Richard Delafield (1/23) graduates from West Point |
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| October 15, 1818 |
Irvin McDowell born, Columbus, Ohio |
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Irvin McDowell |
| October 20, 1818 |
Treaty of 1818 signed in London. Although a wide-ranging document that was one of the earliest peaceful settlement of issues between the two nations, the Treaty of 1818 controlled the rule of the Oregon Territory. |
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| November 5, 1818 |
Benjamin Butler born, Deerfield, New Hampshire |
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Benjamin Butler |
| November 20, 1818 |
Bank of Kentucky suspends all payments. |
Kentucky
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Panic of 1819 |
| December 18, 1818 |
Missouri petitions the U. S. House to be admitted to the Union for the second time. |
Missouri
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Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) |