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Historical Event(s)
– Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
– John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
– The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
– Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaii, defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaii.
– Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
– The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
– The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
– John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
– Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
– Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)
– John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
– William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
– Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (d. 1819)
– Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (d. 1866)
– George Ormerod, British historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
– Victor de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)