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Historical Event(s)
– Vermont is admitted to the U.S. as the fourteenth state.
– King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
– The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
– Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people.
– HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
– King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
– The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
– The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
– The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Who Were Born On ?
– Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (d. 1857)
– Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
– James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
– Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)
– Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
– Franz Bopp, German linguist (d. 1867)
– Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865)
– Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855)
– Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian soldier and statesman (d. 1848)
– Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, wife of Napoleon (d. 1847)