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Historical Event(s)
– Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
– Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
– The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
– British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
– By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
– The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
– The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
– The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
– Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
– Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
– John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
– Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d. 1890)
– Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
– Julia Ward Howe, American poet (The Battle Hymn of the Republic) (d. 1910)
– Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
– Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
– Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
– Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
– John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)