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Historical Event(s)
– A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now the capital of Uruguay.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon’s French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
– Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
– In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
– A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
– Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
– Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
– The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
– France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)
– Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d. 1877)
– Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
– Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. 1873)
– Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist and philosopher (d.1887)
– Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian military and political figure (d. 1882)
– Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)
– Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
– Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (d. 1864)
– John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and abolitionist (d. 1892)