BRITISH _Cyane_ and _Levant_ captured by _Constitution_, off Madeira Islands,--Feb. 20. WAR against Algiers declared by Congress,--March 3. _Hornet_ captured British brig _Penguin_, off Brazil,--March 23. 1816. BANK OF UNITED STATES re-chartered for twenty years; capital, $35,000,000,--April 10. INDIANA admitted into the Union,--Dec. 11. 1817. ALABAMA TERRITORY formed,--March 3. JAMES MONROE inaugurated president; "era of good feeling,"--March 4. SEMINOLES and Creeks began depredations in Georgia and Alabama. MISSISSIPPI admitted into the Union,--Dec. 10. 1818. JACKSON seized Spanish forts in Florida. JOINT occupation of Oregon by United States and Great Britain agreed upon. PENSACOLA, Fla., seized by Jackson; Spanish officials sent to Cuba,--May 25. ILLINOIS admitted into the Union,--Dec. 8. 1819. FLORIDA ceded to the United States by Spain,--Feb. 22. ARKANSAS TERRITORY formed,---July 4. ALABAMA admitted into the Union,--Dec. 14. 1820. ACCESSION of George IV. to throne of Great Britain,--Jan. 29. MISSOURI COMPROMISE ACT passed,--March 3. MAINE admitted into the Union,--March 15. 1821. MEXICO became independent of Spain,--Feb. 24. MONROE began second presidential term,--March 5. MISSOURI admitted into the Union,--Aug. 10. 1823. FLORIDA TERRITORY formed,--March 3. "MONROE DOCTRINE" enunciated in the annual message,--Dec. 2. 1824. LAFAYETTE visited the United States.--Aug. 15.