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1819 in the United States
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s
Years:	1816 1817 1818 – 1819 – 1820 1821 1822
Flag:	21 stars; (1819 – 1820)

Events from the year 1819 in the United States.

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January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major financial crisis in the United States, begins.
January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia.
February 2 – The Supreme Court under John Marshall rules in favor of Dartmouth College in the famous Dartmouth College v. Woodward case, allowing Dartmouth to keep its charter and remain a private institution.
February 15 – The United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment barring slaves from the new state of Missouri (the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the Missouri Compromise).
February 22 – Spain cedes Florida to the United States (see Adams-Onís Treaty).
March 1 – The U.S. naval vessel USS Columbus is launched in Washington, DC.
March 6 – McCulloch v. Maryland: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Bank of the United States is constitutional.
May 22 – The Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrives at Liverpool, England on June 20.
August 6 – Norwich University is founded by Captain Alden Partridge in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
December 14 – Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state.