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Historical Event(s)
– The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
– The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
– The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
– Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
– Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
– French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
– Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
– Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
– Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.
– The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay’s Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican president (d. 1876)
– Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1870)
– Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician and cabinet member (d. 1852)
– Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)
– Matthew C. Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
– Edward Everett, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)
– Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)
– Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
– James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
– Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)