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Historical Event(s)
– The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
– The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
– The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
– Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
– Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
– The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
– Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio “Cleveland” after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
– French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
– George Washington’s farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
Who Were Born On ?
– Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)
– John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861)
– George N. Briggs, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
– Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
– Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (d. 1866)
– Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
– Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875)
– Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)
– Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (d. 1877)