Editing 1819 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]]&ndash;[[June 21]] &ndash; The French [[slave ship]] ''Le Rodeur'' sails from [[Bonny, Rivers|Bonny]] in West Africa to [[Guadeloupe]] in the West Indies. In the course of the transatlantic voyage many onboard become blind, and 30 [[slave]]s are thrown overboard as a consequence.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Western Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9wlAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA284|journal=The Missionary Register|publisher=[[Church Missionary Society]]|volume=9|date=July 1821|location=London|pages=284–5}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] (N.S.) ([[March 26]] O.S.) &ndash; The [[Governorate of Livonia]] of the Russian Empire emancipates its peasants from [[serfdom]].
* [[May 22]] &ndash;  The {{SS|Savannah}} leaves port at [[Savannah, Georgia]], on a voyage to become the first [[steamship]] to cross the Atlantic Ocean, although only a fraction of the trip will be made under steam. The ship arrives at [[Liverpool]], England, nearly a month later, on [[June 20]].
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The city of [[Memphis, Tennessee]], is founded.
* [[June 16]] &ndash; The [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake|Rann of Kutch earthquake]], estimated at at least 7.7 {{M|w|link=y}} kills at least 1,543 people in [[India]] in what is now the state of [[Gujarat]] at the [[Arabian Sea]], causing an {{convert|80|-|150|km|abbr=on}} stretch of land to be raised as much as {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}} and creating a natural dam, the Allahbund.