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Historical Event(s)
– The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
– 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.
– 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 ?
– Pedro Figueredo, Cuban poet, musician, revolutionary (d. 1870)
– Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
– Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
– Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
– Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889)
– Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer (d. 1848)
– John Henninger Reagan, American politician (d. 1905)
– Lewis H. Morgan, American anthropologist (d. 1881)
– Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece (d. 1875)
– James Prescott Joule, British physicist (d. 1889)