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Historical Event(s)
– Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
– In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
– Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
– Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European science that meteors exist.
– The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
– The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
– Second Anglo-Maratha War: Battle of Assaye between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
– The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
– In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
– The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
Who Were Born On ?
– Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
– Egerton Ryerson, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1882)
– James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet (d. 1849)
– John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
– Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (d. 1856)
– John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
– Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
– Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
– Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
– Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)