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Historical Event(s)
– A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
– Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
– Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
– The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
– Francis Baily observes “Baily’s beads” during an annular eclipse.
– Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
– Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
– Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
– The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
– Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
Who Were Born On ?
– Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
– Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912)
– Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
– Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
– Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
– Joseph Gurney Cannon, American politician (d. 1926)
– Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek writer and journalist (d. 1904)
– Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
– Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
– Sir W. S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)