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Historical Event(s)
– Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
– Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia, modern-day Romania.
– (Julian Calendar) Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually began since 23 February 1821. The date was chosen in the early years of the Greek state so that it falls on the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, strengthening the ties between the Greek Orthodox Church and the newly-found state.
– Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
– While Mora Rebellion continuing, Greeks captured Monemvasia Castle and massacred nearly 3000 Turkish inhabitants.
– Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
– Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
– Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
– The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
– Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
– Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
– Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
– Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908)
– James Springer White, American theologian (d. 1881)
– Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)
– Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (d. 1881)
– Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
– Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)