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Historical Event(s)
– Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia, modern-day Romania.
– Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta.
– Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
– The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
– The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
– While Mora Rebellion continuing, Greeks captured Monemvasia Castle and massacred nearly 3000 Turkish inhabitants.
– Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
– Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
– The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is oficially opened.
– Tripolitsa, Greece, falls and 30,000 Turks are massacred during the Greek War of Independence.
Who Were Born On ?
– W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. 1862)
– John Chivington, American officer (d. 1892)
– August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
– Charles Scribner I, American publisher (d. 1871)
– Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)
– Dr. Guillermo Rawson, medical doctor and one of the most influential politicians in nineteenth century Argentina (d. 1890)
– Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine historian and politician (d. 1906)
– Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)
– Louis Vuitton, French designer (d. 1892)
– Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)