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Historical Event(s)
– Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists.
– Cry of Asencio, begin of the Uruguayan War of Independence
– Peninsular War: A day after a successful rear guard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
– Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
– Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.
– Inventor John Stevens’ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
– The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
– Tecumseh’s War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
– Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
– A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
Who Were Born On ?
– François Achille Bazaine, French marshal (d. 1888)
– Alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
– Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai/American conjoined twins (d. 1874)
– Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
– Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
– Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
– Queen Augusta of Saxe-Weimar of Prussia (d. 1890)
– Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
– Jean-Charles Chapais, French Canadian politician, Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885)