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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.
– 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.
– 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 ?
– John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
– Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
– Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
– Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
– George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
– Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d. 1876)
– Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
– Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)
– Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
– Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)