Revolutionary War hero General Lafayette and his son stay overnight in Florence during their tour of the U.S. Lafayette paid for his stay with a half dollar minted in 1820.
The Pilot, a low-pressure steamboat of 150 tons, is built at Big Bone.
Kentucky
The state court crisis goes to the voters. The Old Court group wins the house but the New Court supporters keep control of the senate.
U.S. & World
John Quincy Adams is elected president of the United States in a special vote in the House of Representatives, with John Calhoun his vice president.
The New York Stock Exchange opens. Most of the securities traded are in canal, turnpike, mining, and gas lighting companies, and few industrials will trade until after the Civil War.