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Historical Event(s)
– Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
– Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
– The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
– 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.
– Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d. 1890)
– Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)
– Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
– Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
– Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875)
– Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
– William Rosecrans, American Civil War general and US ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898)
– Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Catalan intellectual, artist and engineer, inventor of the first combustion engine-driven submarine, which was propelled by an early form of air-independent propulsion (d. 1885).
– Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
– John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)