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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 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.
– Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (d. 1861)
– James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
– Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d. 1890)
– Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
– Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
– Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, first President of the South African Republic (d. 1901)
– Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
– Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)
– Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (d. 1870)
– Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)