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Historical Event(s)
– Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
– After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
– The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
– During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
– The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
– The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
– The Rhône and Loire (Lêre) départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
– French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
– French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
– New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lucretia Mott, American women’s rights activist (d. 1880)
– James Madison Porter, American politician, 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College (d. 1862)
– John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
– Sam Houston, American politician, 8th Governor of Tennessee and 7th Governor of Texas (d. 1863)
– Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
– Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer (d. 1864)
– Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)
– Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
– Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
– Michel Chasles, French mathematician (d. 1880)