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Historical Event(s)
– Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia, modern-day Romania.
– Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta.
– The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.
– 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.
– 470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
– Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
– Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
– Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
– Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which lead to Panama’s independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia
Who Were Born On ?
– Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890)
– T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892)
– Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine historian and politician (d. 1906)
– Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)
– Hermann von Helmholtz, German scientist (d. 1894)
– Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. 1881)
– Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
– Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
– Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
– Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)