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Historical Event(s)
– Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
– Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon’s forces, is executed.
– Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
– Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
– Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
– Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
– Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
– The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor’s newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor’s men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
– With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain.
– First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
– King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
– Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
– Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, British lexicographer (d. 1897)
– Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
– Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
– Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
– Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. 1887)
– George Jennings, English sanitary engineer (d. 1882)
– Asa Gray, American botanist (d. 1888)