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Historical Event(s)
– War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
– New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
– Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
– The Second Serbian Uprising – a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
– Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
– Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
– Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
– Napoleonic Wars: Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
– Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
– Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
Who Were Born On ?
– Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
– John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
– Edward Clark, American politician (d. 1880)
– Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
– Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
– Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
– Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882)
– Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Italian-born adventurer (d. 1881)
– Francis Lubbock, American politician (d. 1905)
– William Sawyer, Canadian politician (d. 1904)