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Historical Event(s)
– Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
– The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
– By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
– The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
– The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
– The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
– Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
– Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England.
– Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
– Simón Bolívar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
Who Were Born On ?
– Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
– James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
– Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
– John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
– Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
– Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
– Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
– Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
– Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
– Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)