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Historical Event(s)
– George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
– David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
– The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
– Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain.
– Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
– French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
– Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
– The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
– War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte’s victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war.
Who Were Born On ?
– Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
– Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
– James Clark Ross, English explorer (d. 1862)
– Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
– Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
– Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
– Catharine Beecher, American educator (d. 1878)
– Nat Turner, American slave and slave rebellion figure (d. 1831)
– Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)