It’s game time! 🎰 I've got a fun challenge for you—can I guess your date of birth in less than 20 tries? Here’s how it works: I’ll give you a series of dates, and based on your answers, I’ll try to figure out your special day 🎂 It’s all in good fun, and it’s all about you! 🥳 Give it a shot, and let’s see if I can nail it down with this birthday guessing game 🎉 (Sponsored by MyBirthday.Ninja)
Historical Event(s)
– The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
– The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
– 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.
– The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
– Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
– Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
– Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
– The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
– At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
Who Were Born On ?
– Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
– Henry Walter Bates, English naturalist and explorer (d. 1892)
– Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (d. 1879)
– George Inness, American painter (d. 1894)
– John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
– Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor, academic and memoirs writer (d. 1893)
– István Türr, Hungarian soldier and engineer (d. 1908)
– Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)
– Charles Griffin, American general (d. 1876)