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Historical Event(s)
– Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
– Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
– During André Masséna’s retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
– Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
– The University of Oslo is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway.
– The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
– The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
– Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rang the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement
– José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
– A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
Who Were Born On ?
– Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
– Napoleon II, Emperor of the French and King of Rome (d. 1832)
– Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (d. 1891)
– Alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
– Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
– Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832)
– Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
– Alexandru Hâjdeu, Russian writer of Romanian origins (d. 1872)
– Zeng Guofan, Chinese military leader (d. 1872)