Editing 1817 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; The [[University of Ghent]] opens in [[Belgium]].<ref>{{Official website|http://www.ugent.be/en}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] &ndash; The [[frigate]] {{HMS|Trincomalee}} is launched in [[Bombay]] for the British [[Royal Navy]]. She will still be afloat two centuries later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trincomalee Construction |url=http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/history/construction |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527084839/http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/history/construction |archive-date=2017-05-27 |access-date=25 July 2015 |publisher=The National Museum}}</ref>
*[[October 30]] &ndash; The independent government of Venezuela is established by [[Simón Bolívar]].
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ninkō]] accedes to the throne of Japan.<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon.]] (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan  ''The Imperial House of Japan''.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/194887 OCLC 194887]</ref>
*[[November 3]] &ndash; The [[Bank of Montreal]] opens in Montreal.<ref>{{cite web |title=The development of Canada |url=https://ourheritagebmo.com/exhibit/the-development-of-canada/ |website=BMO – Our Heritage |publisher=Bank of Montreal |access-date=20 May 2025 |ref=4}}</ref>
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] breaks out with the [[Battle of Khadki]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Naravane|first=M. S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&pg=PA79|year=2006|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0034-3}}</ref>
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817)|Princess Charlotte of Wales]], the  daughter and only child of the [[George IV|Prince Regent George]] and granddaughter of King George III, dies hours after giving birth to a stillborn son.<ref>{{cite book|last = Chambers|first = James|year = 2007|title = Charlotte and Leopold|publisher = Old Street Publishing|location = London|isbn = 978-1-905847-23-5|pages=193–194|url-access = registration|url=https://archive.org/details/charlotteleopold00jame}}</ref> Her death, tremendously mourned by the British, throws the succession to the British throne into doubt.
* [[November 20]] &ndash; The first [[Seminole War]] begins in [[Florida]].<ref>Missall, John and Mary Lou Missall. 2004. ''The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict''. University Press of Florida, pp.33-37 {{ISBN|0-8130-2715-2}}.</ref>
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Cailliaud]] discovers the old Roman [[emerald]] mines at Sikait, [[Egypt]].{{cn|date=November 2024}}
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Mississippi]] is admitted as the 20th [[U.S. state]], formerly the [[Mississippi Territory]].<ref name="TN">"An 1820 Claim to Congress: Alabama Territory : 1817", ''The Intruders'', TNGenNet Inc., 2001, quick webpage: [http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/intruders/claim-537 TN-537]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>