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Historical Event(s)
– The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
– Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
– John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America’s first millionaire.
– The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
– Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
– Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain.
– Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
– French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
– Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
– Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
Who Were Born On ?
– Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
– Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. 1871)
– Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright and linguist (d. 1845)
– Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
– Henry Edward Manning, English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1892)
– William W. Chapman, American politician (d. 1892)
– Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
– Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)
– Mary Anna Custis Lee, American plantation owner and wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
– Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian politician (d. 1881)