Rulers:
• Fernando VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
• James Madison, 4th President of the United States (1809-1817)
• James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (1817-1825)
• Louis XVIII, King of France (1814-1824)
Events:
• Brukenthal National Museum opened in Sibiu.
• Dulwich Picture Gallery established in London.
Births:
• Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878)
• Rosas, Manuelita (1817-1898)
Deaths:
• Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Literature:
• Keats, John (1795-1821): Poems (1817)
Music:
• Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): La Cenerentola (1817)
• Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): La gazza ladra (1817)
Art:
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Teseo e il centauro (1804-19)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Venere e Marte (1817-22)
• Constable, John (1776-1837): A cottage in a cornfield (1817)
• David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825): Cupidon et Psyché (1817)
• Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824): Course de chevaux (c.1817)
• Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824): Le baiser (c.1816-17)
• Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824): Satyre et nymphe (1817)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Disparate de bestia (1816-24)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Disparate de tontos (c.1815-23)
• Ingres, J. A. D. (1780-1867): Études (c.1817-20)