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1820's
Events
Boone County
Kentucky
U.S. & World
1790s
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Events
Boone County
1820 - A small corner of Gallatin County is added to
Boone County
.
1824 - The town of
Burlington
is incorporated.
1825 -
Revolutionary War
hero General Lafayette and his son stay overnight in
Florence
during their tour of the U.S.
1827 - The retirement community of
Hygeia
is designed.
Kentucky
1820 - A Frenchman, De Tocqueville, travels through Kentucky, recording his experiences in his journal.
1823 - The Replevin Law is ruled unconstitutional.
1824 - The Court of Appeals abolishes the Old Court and establishes a new court. The Old Court refuses to be abolished beginning a state court crisis.
U.S. & World
1820 -
Daniel Boone
dies in Missouri.
1820 - The negotiation of the Missouri Compromise allows slave-holding Missouri to apply for statehood.
1823 - Henry Clay becomes Speaker of the House.
1827 - The Second Great Awakening, a period of intense, emotional religious revivalism, sweeps the United States.