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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.
– 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.
– The first performance of “Silent Night” takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (d. 1924)
– King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
– John Albion Andrew, American politician (d. 1867)
– Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1878)
– Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
– Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
– Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
– Lewis H. Morgan, American anthropologist (d. 1881)
– William Ellery Channing (poet) Transcendentalist poet (d. 1901)
– Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)