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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.
– 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 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.
– 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 ?
– Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer (d. 1888)
– James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet (d. 1849)
– Justus von Liebig, German chemist (d. 1873)
– Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
– Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
– John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
– Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
– Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
– Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)