1821 in the United States

Events from the year 1821 in the United States.

Incumbents

February 9 - The George Washington University is chartered as The Columbian College of the District of Columbia by President James Monroe.
March 4 - James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins begin their second terms as President and Vice President of the United States.
March 5 - James Monroe is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States. Daniel D. Tompkins is sworn in for his second term as Vice President of the United States.
June 27 - The New Hampton School is founded in the state of New Hampshire.
July 10 - The U.S. takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
August 4 - The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time, as a weekly newspaper.
August 10 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
September 3 - The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane strikes New York City.
September 18 - Amherst College is founded in Massachusetts.
November 9 - Israel Pickens is sworn in as the third governor of Alabama, replacing Thomas Bibb.
November 16 - American Old West: The Santa Fe Trail is used for the first time by a White American, William Becknell.
History of Liberia - The first groups of freed slaves from the U.S. arrive in modern-day Liberia and found Monrovia.
Widener University is founded in Wilmington, Delaware, as The Bullock School for Boys.

January 4 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, saint
March 13 - Waightstill Avery, lawyer and soldier, fought a duel with Andrew Jackson
October 11 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and father of Francis Scott Key
October 24 - Elias Boudinot, President of the Continental Congress Full date unknown - Lucy Terry first known African American poet