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Historical Event(s)
– Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
– The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
– Battle of San Domingo British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
– After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their arduous journey home.
– Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
– Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.
– Santiago de Liniers re-takes the city of Buenos Aires after the first British invasion.
– Battle of Mišar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
– A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
– Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
Who Were Born On ?
– Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)
– Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
– Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861)
– Juliette Drouet, French actress (d. 1883)
– Edward Davy, English physician, chemist and inventor (d. 1885)
– Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
– Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (d. 1865)
– Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
– Jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote (d. 1838)