text: social studies, in about 1821 wat were some important places and events in eastern/northern us?   events- march 25 - the orthodox metropolitan germanos of patras proclaims national uprising. greece declares its independence from the ottoman empire, beginning the greek war of independence.  june 19 - decisive defeat of the philikí etaireía by the ottomans at drăgăşani (in wallachia).  june 24 - simón bolívar wins the battle of carabobo, ensuring venezuela's independency from spain. (see venezuela's independence.)  july 10 - the united states takes possession of its newly-bought territory of florida from spain.  july 28 - peru declares independence from spain. (see peru's independence from spain).  august 10 - missouri is admitted as the 24th u.s. state. (see history of missouri.)  september 11 - greek war of independence - tripoli, greece falls to attacking greeks; greeks proceed to kill most of the turkish population  september 15 - guatemala, el salvador, honduras, nicaragua and costa rica gain independence from spain. (see history of central america)  september 27 - mexico gains its independence from spain. (see mexican war of independence.)  september 18 - amherst college is founded.  november 9 - the first us pharmacy college holds classes in philadelphia.  november 16 - american old west: santa fe trail used by first caucasian.  november 28 - panama declares independence from spain. (see history of panama).   birth- january 8 - james longstreet, american confederate general (d. 1904)  january 8 - w.h.l. wallace, american civil war general (d. 1862)  february 3 - elizabeth blackwell, first american female physician (d. 1910)  february 11 - hermann allmers, writer (d. 1902)  february 11 - auguste edouard mariette, french egyptologist (d. 1881)  february 17 - lola montez, irish spanish dancer and royal mistress (d. 1861)  february 19 - august schleicher, german linguist (d. 1868)  march 1 - joseph hubert reinkens, german old catholic bishop (d. 1896)  april 9 - charles-pierre baudelaire, french poet and writer (d. 1867)  may 8 - william henry vanderbilt, american entrepreneur (d. 1885)  may 16 - pafnuty chebyshev, russian mathematician (d. 1894)  may 17 - sebastian kneipp, german naturopath (d. 1897)  july 1 - anatole jean-baptiste antoine de barthélemy, french archaeologist (d. 1904)  july 18 - pauline garcia-viardot, french mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)  august 10 - jay cooke, american financier (d. 1905)  october 13 - rudolf virchow, german physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)  november 11 - fyodor dostoevsky, russian writer (d. 1881)  december 12 - gustave flaubert, french writer (d. 1880)  december 25 - clara barton, first president of american red cross (d. 1912)  sir john joseph caldwell abbott, canadian politician (d. 1893)  frederick temple, archbishop of canterbury (d. 1902)    deaths january 4 - elizabeth ann seton, american saint (b. 1774)  february 23 - john keats, british poet (b. 1795)  march 13 - john hunter, second governor of new south wales (b. 1737)  may 5 - napoleon i of france (b. 1769)  may 19 - camille jordan, french politician (b. 1771)  june 7 - tudor vladimirescu, wallachian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780)  september 10 - johann dominicus fiorillo, german painter and art historian  october 11 - john ross key commissioned officer in the continental army, judge, lawyer and the father of francis scott key (b. 1754)  november 8 - jean rapp, french general (b. 1771)