A Birthday Crown: Pedro I Becomes Emperor of Brazil, 1822
On October 12, 1822 — his 24th birthday — Prince Pedro was acclaimed Dom Pedro I, Constitutional Emperor of Brazil, completing an independence won when the prince switched sides.
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The Dictionary That Gave America Its Own Words
On April 14, 1828, Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language — 70,000 words in two volumes that gave the young United States its own spelling and voice.
Two Paragraphs That Drew a Line Around a Hemisphere
On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe's annual message to Congress declared the Americas closed to future European colonization — the Monroe Doctrine.