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Historical Event(s)
– An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
– Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta.
– The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
– Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
– An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.
– The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
– Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
– At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
– The Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
– Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lewis A. Armistead, American Confederate general (d. 1863)
– Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
– Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (d. 1876)
– Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
– Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
– Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)
– Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
– Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Founder of the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
– Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Hindustani intellectual (d. 1898)
– James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1864)