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Historical Event(s)
– The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
– First Battle of Groix otherwise known as “Cornwallis’ Retreat”.
– The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France’s occupation of the Netherlands.
– Belgium is conquered by France.
– General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
– Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a “Whiff of Grapeshot”, using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
– Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
– The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
– Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
– Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).
Who Were Born On ?
– Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
– Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
– Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
– Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
– Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
– Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852)
– Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
– John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
– Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)
– Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)