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Historical Event(s)
– Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
– War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
– War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
– Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria.
– French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
– Creek War – Fort Mims massacre: Creek “Red Sticks” kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
– The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
– Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British.
– War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.
– British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
Who Were Born On ?
– Isaac Pitman, English inventor (d. 1897)
– Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876)
– Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
– James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
– Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)
– Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
– Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
– John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)
– Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888)
– Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885)