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Historical Event(s)
– Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
– Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
– Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
– The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
– The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
– Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
– Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
– The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
– Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
– The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
Who Were Born On ?
– James Longstreet, American Confederate general and diplomat; and former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire (d. 1904)
– Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
– William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
– Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)
– Dr. Guillermo Rawson, medical doctor and one of the most influential politicians in nineteenth century Argentina (d. 1890)
– Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate cavalry officer (d. 1877)
– Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)
– Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. 1881)
– Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
– Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)