Dateline: 1821 Trivia Quiz

Answer: John Keats

John Keats (1795-1821) was one of England's greatest Romantic poets. He started to study medicine, then decided to become a poet when his first poem was published in 1816. He died of tuberculosis (called 'consumption' in those days). On his tomb is inscribed "Here lies one whose name was written in water".

Answer: Saint Helena

He had been there in exile for six years. He died at age 51, having been sick since the previous October.

Answer: Ottomans

In the battle, which occurred in modern-day Romania, the Ottomans defeated the Greeks under Alexander Ypsilanti.

Answer: Peru

Jose de San Martin, a creole military officer, assumed the title of "Protector" of Peru when he assumed political power in August 1821. He left for France the following year, leaving Simon Bolivar to finish the fight for the independence of Peru and Bolivia.

Answer: Andrew Jackson

He was appointed Governor by President James Monroe. On July 1, Jackson officially received the Florida territory from Spain. In March 1822, Congress combined East and West Florida into one territory. Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845.

Answer: Georg Hegel

Georg Hegel (1770-1831) studied to be a minister, but became interested in psychiatry and then philosophy when his sister became psychotic. His first great work was "The Phenomenology of Mind".

Answer: New York

This occurred in the town of Fredonia. The date 1859 is more famous in energy history, however, as this was when natural gas was tapped 69 feet underground on the property of Edward Drake in Titusville, Pennsylvania. This source was tapped to a 2-inch wide pipeline which carried gas from the well to the mill, marking the beginning of the natural gas industry in the US.

Answer: Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett was born in a cabin in Tennessee in 1786. He became an American legend known for his Indian fighting and hunting, and died a hero at the Alamo in 1836. He served in both the Tennessee legislature and the US Congress.

Answer: Caroline

The marriage of Caroline of Brunswick to her first cousin George IV was doomed from the start, as they were simply not attracted to one another. George's rude treatment of her served only to make her popular among the British. Due to her unconventional behavior, her husband banned her from the royal court when he became regent in 1811. She died at the age of 53.

Answer: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) is considered to be the 19th century's greatest experimentalist in the field of electricity and magnetism. His motor was the first use of electricity to produce rotary motion.