1818

The year 1818 started on Thursday, January 1, and ended on Thursday, December 31. It was one of those rare Gregorian years in history to have Easter on the earliest date of March 22, with the other such years being 1598, 1693, and 1761. The next such year will not be until the year 2285. On Thursday, December 3, Illinois was admitted as the twenty-first U.S. state.