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Historical Event(s)
– Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
– Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
– In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
– The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
– The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
– Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
– Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
– The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the Canada – United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
– Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
– The first performance of “Silent Night” takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
– Henry Litolff, British musician and composer (d. 1891)
– Pedro Figueredo, Cuban poet, musician, revolutionary (d. 1870)
– Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
– Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
– August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892)
– Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896)
– Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
– Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)
– James Prescott Joule, British physicist (d. 1889)