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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”.
– 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.
– 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).
– The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
– 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 ?
– Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
– Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
– Charles Barry, English architect (d. 1860)
– James Braid, Scottish surgeon and pioneer of Hypnotherapy (d.1860)
– James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)
– Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852)
– James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
– Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)
– John Russell, English parson and dog breeder (d. 1883)