WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1822
Find out what all happened February to August 1822

The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated. (24. February 1822)

Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. (16. May 1822)

The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. (31. March 1822)

Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion. (6. June 1822)

Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables". (14. June 1822)

José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar. (26. July 1822)

116 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history. (26. May 1822)

35 African American slaves are hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion. (2. July 1822)

Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom. (8. July 1822)

The Florida Territory is created in the United States. (30. March 1822)

Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito. (24. May 1822)

First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis. (26. July 1822)