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Historical Event(s)
– University College London is founded under the name University of London.
– The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Missolonghi start leaving the town after a year’s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
– Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
– The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
– The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
– Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
– American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
– The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
– The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889)
– Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
– Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (d. 1863)
– Matilda Joslyn Gage, American feminist and suffragette (d. 1898)
– Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
– Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)
– Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
– Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
– Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
– Ralph Tollemache, British clergyman (d. 1895)