Religion
- 1820: Joseph Smith, Jr. receives his First Vision in the spring in Palmyra, New York.
- September 22, 1823 – Joseph Smith, Jr. says that he was directed by God through the angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates are stored.
- February 11, 1826 – Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, an important test within the Swaminarayan faith.
- July 26, 1826 – The last auto-da-fé is held in Valencia, Spain.
- March 31, 1829 – Pope Pius VIII succeeds Pope Leo XII as the 253rd pope.
- June 19, 1829 – Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police Act establishes the Metropolitan Police Service in London, the first modern police force. The first officers, known by the nicknames "bobbies" or "peelers", go on patrol on September 29.
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