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Historical Event(s)
– Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
– First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The “shores of Tripoli” part of the Marines’ hymn).
– Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
– Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
– First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
– Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve. It signals almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain’s navy unchallenged until the 20th century.
– Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern – Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.
– Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1872)
– Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
– Charles Thomas Jackson, American polymath (d. 1880)
– Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, French prince (d. 1870)
– Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
– Thomas Brassey, English civil engineering contractor (d. 1870)
– Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
– John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852)
– Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
– Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)