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Historical Event(s)
– War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
– War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
– James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: “Don't give up the ship!”
– Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
– Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina’s Second Triumvirate.
– War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
– Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
– At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
– Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British.
– The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
Who Were Born On ?
– John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (d. 1890)
– John Snow, English epidemiologist (d. 1858)
– Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (d. 1864)
– Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
– James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
– Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
– Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
– Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
– Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
– Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)