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Historical Event(s)
– Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
– Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
– Bolivian War of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
– War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
– Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
– Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
– War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
– The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later.
– Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
– War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
Who Were Born On ?
– Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885)
– Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America and 50th Governor of Georgia (d. 1883)
– Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846)
– Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
– Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
– James Hope-Scott, English barrister (d. 1873)
– Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880)
– Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
– John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian premier of Ontario (d. 1872)
– Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (d. 1894)