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Historical Event(s)
– The modern Italian flag is first used.
– The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
– French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent – John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
– French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
– The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
– The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
– First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
– Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
– Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
– In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)
– Alfred de Vigny, French author (d. 1863)
– Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877)
– Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain (d. 1818)
– José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran national hero (d. 1855)
– Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
– Friedrich August Kummer, German composer (d. 1879)
– Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
– Charles Lyell, British geologist (d. 1875)
– Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)