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Historical Event(s)
– Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
– Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
– Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
– Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
– War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown’s American invaders.
– British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
– Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
– The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
– War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
Who Were Born On ?
– Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
– Jacob Bunn, American industrialist and financier (d. 1897)
– Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906)
– Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
– Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
– James Roosevelt Bayley, American religious leader (d. 1877)
– Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
– Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841)
– Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)
– Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse (d. 1880)