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Historical Event(s)
– The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
– Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
– The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
– Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
– War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
– Peninsula War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
– War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
– War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights – As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock.
– Work on London’s Regent’s Canal starts.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.
Who Were Born On ?
– Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary figure (d. 1919)
– 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)
– William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
– Edward Lear, British author and poet (d. 1888)
– Edmond Hébert, French geologist (d. 1890)
– Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
– Karl Schwarz, German theologian (d. 1885)