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Historical Event(s)
– The modern Italian flag is first used.
– Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain.
– In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
– First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
– Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
– Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
– Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
– Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
– Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
– One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
Who Were Born On ?
– Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
– Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)
– Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877)
– José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran national hero (d. 1855)
– Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
– Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
– Friedrich August Kummer, German composer (d. 1879)
– Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851)
– Samuel Joseph May, American abolitionist (d. 1871)
– Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)