Timeline July 1822

Events in July 1822 4

• 1792 – 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Died 8 July 1822, aged 29 The English Romantic poet drowned when his sailing boat sank in a storm off the coast of Italy. He was a leading figure of English Romanticism, known for works including 'Ozymandias' and 'Prometheus Unbound'. His body washed ashore and was cremated on the beach near Viareggio.
• 1822 Denmark Vesey slave revolt conspiracy uncovered Planned uprising in Charleston exposed before it could begin Authorities in Charleston, South Carolina, uncovered a planned slave revolt organized by the free Black carpenter Denmark Vesey. Dozens of accused conspirators were tried, and Vesey was hanged along with many others. The affair led to harsher slave codes across the American South.
• 1822 Battle of Dervenakia Greek forces destroy an Ottoman invasion army in the Peloponnese Greek irregulars under Theodoros Kolokotronis ambushed and routed an Ottoman army led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha in the mountain passes of Dervenakia. The victory crushed a major Ottoman offensive aimed at crushing the Greek revolt in the Peloponnese. It stands as one of the turning points of the Greek War of Independence.
• 1822 Guayaquil Conference San Martin and Bolivar meet to decide the future of South American independence Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar met privately in Guayaquil to discuss the final liberation of Peru and the political organization of the newly independent republics. San Martin withdrew from the independence struggle afterward, leaving Bolivar to complete the campaign. The exact content of their conversation remains a subject of historical debate.