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Historical Event(s)
– The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI, starting the Brazilian independence process.
– The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
– The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
– The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
– Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
– 116 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway’s history.
– Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
– José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
– Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Brazil
– Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Mexican Empire.
Who Were Born On ?
– Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
– Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
– Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. 1899)
– Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
– Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
– Mathew Brady, American photographer (d. 1896)
– Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1912)
– Gregor Mendel, German scientist, father of modern genetics (d. 1884)
– Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
– Jakov Ignjatović, Serbian novelist and prose writer (d. 1889)