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Historical Event(s)
– The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
– The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
– Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
– Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
– Alexis St. Martin accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads way to William Beaumont’s studies on digestion.
– Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
– Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
– In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.
– American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
– Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
– Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
– Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (d. 1900)
– Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
– Carl Schmidt, German chemist (d. 1884)
– Gregor Mendel, German scientist, father of modern genetics (d. 1884)
– Isaac P. Rodman, American Union general (d. 1862)
– Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American college president (d. 1907)
– Jakov Ignjatović, Serbian novelist and prose writer (d. 1889)
– César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890)