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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: United States troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
– South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”).
– War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
– Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
– Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina’s Second Triumvirate.
– Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
– War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington D.C.
– The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
Who Were Born On ?
– Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)
– James Marion Sims, American physician (d. 1883)
– Joseph Philo Bradley, American jurist and former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1892)
– Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
– Joseph Autran, French poet (d. 1877)
– Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
– Jules Grévy, French statesman (d. 1891)
– Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
– Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (d. 1862)
– Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888)