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Historical Event(s)
– The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
– Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
– The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
– Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
– Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
– Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
– The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
– The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
– Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg.
– The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
– George Pickett, American Confederate General (d. 1875)
– Miska Magyarics, Slovene poet in Hungary (d. 1883)
– Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1890)
– Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
– Princess Hildegard of Bavaria d. 1864
– István Türr, Hungarian soldier and engineer (d. 1908)
– Dadabhai Naoroji, An early Indian political leader (d. 1917)
– Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
– William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French academic painter (d. 1905)