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Historical Event(s)
– Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
– John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
– Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
– Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
– 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
– The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
– The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later.
– Napoleon’s armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma
– The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
– The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America and 50th Governor of Georgia (d. 1883)
– Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
– Henry Wilson, American politician 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
– Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880)
– Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
– Moses Hess, French/German-born Jewish socialist and precursor of Zionism (d. 1875)
– Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880)
– Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
– Karl Schwarz, German theologian (d. 1885)
– Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)