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Historical Event(s)
– The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
– Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
– Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
– In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
– The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
– The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
– Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
– Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
– The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the Canada – United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
– Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Tsar Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)
– Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
– Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1878)
– Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (d. 1865)
– Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
– Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896)
– Richard Gatling, American firearms inventor (d. 1903)
– Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
– Charles III, Prince of Monaco, founder of the Monte Carlo casino (d. 1889)
– Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece (d. 1875)