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Historical Event(s)
– The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI, starting the Brazilian independence process.
– Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
– The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
– The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
– Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
– Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
– In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.
– Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Mexican Empire.
– The Action of 9 November 1822 between USS Alligator and a squadron of piratical schooners off the coast of Cuba.
– Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
Who Were Born On ?
– Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)
– Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
– Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1915)
– Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. 1899)
– Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
– Edward Everett Hale, American writer (d. 1909)
– Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
– Carl Schmidt, German chemist (d. 1884)
– César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890)
– Louis Pasteur, French scientist (d. 1895)