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Historical Event(s)
– Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
– Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
– First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
– Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
– Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria.
– Napoleonic Wars: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to the Grand Army of Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve. It signals almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain’s navy unchallenged until the 20th century.
– Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern – Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.
– Official opening of Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Who Were Born On ?
– Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877)
– Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (d. 1859)
– Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
– Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
– Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
– George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898)
– Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
– Henry Wells, American banking executive (d. 1878)
– Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader (d. 1844)