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Historical Event(s)
– Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
– 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.
– The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
– 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.
– Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
– Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England.
Who Were Born On ?
– Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
– Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
– John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
– Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
– Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875)
– Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
– Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
– Austin F. Pike, American politician (d. 1886)
– Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892)
– E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)