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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.
– Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta.
– 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.
– Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
– The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
– 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 ?
– Lewis A. Armistead, American Confederate general (d. 1863)
– Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish dramatist (d. 1893)
– Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
– Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist (d. 1891)
– Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
– Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
– Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
– Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Hindustani intellectual (d. 1898)
– Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual figure (d. 1892)
– James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1864)