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Historical Event(s)
– In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
– Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European science that meteors exist.
– Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
– 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).
– The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world’s first public railway, opens in south London.
– English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
– Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin.
– The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
– The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
Who Were Born On ?
– Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
– Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862)
– Egerton Ryerson, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1882)
– Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
– Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
– Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)
– John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
– Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
– Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
– Joseph Hansom, English architect and inventor (d. 1882)