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Historical Event(s)
– Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War
– The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
– Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
– The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
– HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
– King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
– The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as “incorruptible patriots”.
– The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
– The first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published.
– The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Who Were Born On ?
– Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
– Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
– Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)
– Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
– Franz Bopp, German linguist (d. 1867)
– Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)
– Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865)
– Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (d. 1869)
– Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian soldier and statesman (d. 1848)
– Charles Wolfe, Irish poet (d. 1823)