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Historical Event(s)
– The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
– The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
– Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
– Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.
– The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
– Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
– Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
– U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
– Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
– Battle of Fallen Timbers – American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
– Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1870)
– Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1847)
– Ignaz Moscheles, Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (d. 1870)
– William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866)
– Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
– Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
– William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871)
– Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872)