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Historical Event(s)
– A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
– Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
– The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
– Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
– Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
– Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
– Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
– Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
– Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
Who Were Born On ?
– Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
– Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915)
– Alexander Joy Cartwright, Inventor of the Modern Game of Baseball (d. 1892)
– Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
– Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
– Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (d. 1892)
– David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
– John William Dawson, Canadian geologist (d. 1899)
– Mary Livermore, American journalist and women’s rights advocate (d. 1905)
– Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)