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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.
– 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.
– Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
– 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.
– Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg.
Who Were Born On ?
– Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
– Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)
– Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (d. 1879)
– Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)
– William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
– István Türr, Hungarian soldier and engineer (d. 1908)
– William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and statesman (d. 1888)
– Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)
– A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (d. 1865)
– Charles Griffin, American general (d. 1876)