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Historical Event(s)
– The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
– John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
– John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
– Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
– The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt.
– Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen – The British destroy the Danish fleet.
– First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
– Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
– First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
Who Were Born On ?
– Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
– Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
– Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
– Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (d. 1883)
– Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
– George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
– Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
– Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss statesman (d. 1873)
– Melchior Berri, Swiss architect (d. 1854)
– Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)