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| + | "I concealed nothing, and especially not that I had been drinking a lot of [[Punch (drink)|punch]] and reading Schiller's ''[[The Ghost-Seer|GhostSeer]]''" --"[[The Entail]]" (1817), E. T. A. Hoffmann | ||
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| + | [[Image:Eruption of Vesuvius (Turner).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Vesuvius in Eruption (William Turner)|Vesuvius in Eruption]]'' (1817-20) by William Turner]] | ||
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| '''1817''' ('''MDCCCXVII''') was the 817th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the [[1810s]] decade. As of the start of 1817, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. | '''1817''' ('''MDCCCXVII''') was the 817th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the [[1810s]] decade. As of the start of 1817, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. | ||
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| *[[Thanatopsis]] by William Cullen Bryant | *[[Thanatopsis]] by William Cullen Bryant | ||
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| - | *First volume of ''[[Rome, Naples et Florence]]'' published by Stendhal, with description of [[Stendhal syndrome]]. | + | *First volume of ''[[Rome, Naples, and Florence]]'' published by Stendhal, with description of [[Stendhal syndrome]]. |
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| * [[Elgin Marbles]] are displayed in the [[British Museum]]. | * [[Elgin Marbles]] are displayed in the [[British Museum]]. | ||
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| *[[José Zorilla]] (1817-1893) | *[[José Zorilla]] (1817-1893) | ||
| *[[George Frederic Watts]] (1817-1904) | *[[George Frederic Watts]] (1817-1904) | ||
| - | + | *[[Richard Dadd]] (1817 – 1886), English painter | |
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| - | *[[Jane Austen]] | + | *[[Jane Austen]], English writer |
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1817 (MDCCCXVII) was the 817th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1817, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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Art and culture
- Morphine first distributed by Friedrich Sertürner
- Kaleidoscope coined
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Literature
- The term 'suspension of disbelief' is coined by the romanticist Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his Biographia Literaria
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Fiction
- The Night Pieces, a collection of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tales with a fantastic, gloomy and macabre mood.
- "The Sandman", a short story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
- Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
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Non-fiction
- First volume of Rome, Naples, and Florence published by Stendhal, with description of Stendhal syndrome.
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Visual art
- Elgin Marbles are displayed in the British Museum.
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Music
- Death and the Maiden, an 1817 song composed by Franz Schubert
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Architecture
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Births
- José Zorilla (1817-1893)
- George Frederic Watts (1817-1904)
- Richard Dadd (1817 – 1886), English painter
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Deaths
- Jane Austen, English writer
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