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Historical Event(s)
– Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
– John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
– War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
– War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon wins a Pyrrhic victory over the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
– War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
– The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
– Work on London’s Regent’s Canal starts.
– War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.
Who Were Born On ?
– Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
– Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846)
– Henry Wilson, American politician 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
– Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author (d. 1882)
– Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880)
– Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
– Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
– Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
– Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian politician (d. 1869)
– Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)