Editing 1817 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; Sailing through the [[Hawaiian Islands|Sandwich Islands]], [[Otto von Kotzebue]] discovers [[Mejit Island|New Year Island]].
* [[January 19]] &ndash; An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General [[José de San Martín]], [[Crossing of the Andes|starts crossing the Andes]] from [[Argentina]], to liberate [[Chile]] and then [[Peru]].
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Ram Mohan Roy]] and [[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]] found [[Hindu College, Calcutta]], offering instructions in [[English language|English]] on Western subjects, including other European languages.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Chacabuco]]: [[Argentina|Argentine]] and [[Chile]]an soldiers of the [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]] defeat the Spanish royalist troops in what is now [[Chile]], marking the turning point in the war against European rule of South America.<ref>{{Cite book|title= Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence|first= Robert |last = Harvey |year = 2000 |publisher = The Overlook Press| location = New York |pages=346–349|isbn=1-58567-284-X }}</ref>
 
* [[March 3]]
** On his last day in office, U.S. President [[James Madison]] vetoes [[John C. Calhoun]]'s [[Bonus Bill of 1817|Bonus Bill]] as unconstitutional after it has passed both houses of the U.S. Congress.<ref>Stephen Minicucci, [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=275165&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0898588X04000094 Internal Improvements and the Union, 1790–1860], Studies in American Political Development (2004), 18: p.160-185, (2004), Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X04000094</ref>
** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the [[Mississippi Territory]], after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the [[Alabama Territory]], effective in August.<ref name="LOC">{{cite web |title= Resolution for the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union |work= A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875. Statutes at Large, 15th Congress |publisher= Library of Congress |page= 472 of 798 |date=n.d. |orig-year= after 1813 |agency= 15th U.S. Congress |url= http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=003/llsl003.db&recNum=513 |access-date= 1 May 2017 }}</ref>
* [[March 21]] &ndash; The flag of the [[Pernambucan Revolt]] is publicly blessed by the dean of Recife Cathedral, Brazil.<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/br-pe.html Pernambucan Revolution, 1817], From crwflags.com. Retrieved June 30, 2006.</ref>