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Historical Event(s)
– The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
– Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
– The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
– Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
– Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
– Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
– The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
– The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
– At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
– The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (d. 1879)
– Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
– Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
– George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
– John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
– William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican Bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
– William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
– Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
– Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
– Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)