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Historical Event(s)
– The London Corresponding Society is founded.
– King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he died on March 29.
– King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
– U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
– War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
– The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
– Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
– Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
– French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
– The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris, France.
Who Were Born On ?
– Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
– Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. 1861)
– John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Governor General of British North America (d. 1840)
– Blessed Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
– John Linnell, English landscape painter (d. 1882)
– Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
– Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)
– Christian Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1860)
– Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek prince (d. 1828)
– Sylvester Jordan, German politician and lawyer (d. 1861)