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Historical Event(s)
– French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States
– First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
– Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
– The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
– Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
– Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
– Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
– Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
– The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
– Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
– Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (d. 1881)
– Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
– Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist (d. 1886)
– Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
– Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
– Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
– Mongkut, King of Siam(now Thailand) (d. 1868)
– Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (d. 1891)