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Historical Event(s)
– An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
– The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
– Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
– An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.
– The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
– Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
– Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
– At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
– The Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
– Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
– Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist (d. 1891)
– Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
– Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
– Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
– Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
– John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
– Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895)
– Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)
– James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1864)