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Historical Event(s)
– Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
– Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
– War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
– Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
– War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
– Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile’s oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means “Work conquers all things”.
– Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina’s Second Triumvirate.
– War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898)
– John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (d. 1890)
– Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876)
– John Snow, English epidemiologist (d. 1858)
– Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (d. 1864)
– David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
– Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
– Jules Grévy, French statesman (d. 1891)
– Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
– Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)