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Historical Event(s)
– Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
– Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds 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.
– By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
– 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 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.
– Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
– Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England.
– Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Christopher Sholes, American inventor (d. 1890)
– William McMurdo, British army officer (d. 1894)
– Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875)
– Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
– Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
– Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
– George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
– Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
– E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
– John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)