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Historical Event(s)
– Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
– War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
– War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
– New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
– Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
– The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
– The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
– Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
– Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
– the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
Who Were Born On ?
– Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
– Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
– Edward Clark, American politician (d. 1880)
– Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
– John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
– Francis Lubbock, American politician (d. 1905)
– John Mitchel, Irish nationalist (d. 1875)
– Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (d. 1852)
– Thomas Couture French painter and teacher (d. 1879)