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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.
– Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
– First Battle of Groix otherwise known as “Cornwallis’ Retreat”.
– The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.
– War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
– 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.
– 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.
– The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
– 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 ?
– Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)
– Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
– Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
– Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
– Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
– Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
– William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (d. 1876)
– John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
– Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)
– Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)