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Historical Event(s)
– Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
– George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
– David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
– The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
– The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
– Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
– French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
– Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
– War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte’s victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war.
Who Were Born On ?
– Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
– Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
– Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and inventor (d. 1877)
– Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
– Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose French archbishop of Rouen and senator (d. 1883)
– Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
– Catharine Beecher, American educator (d. 1878)
– Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
– France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (d. 1849)