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Historical Event(s)
– The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world’s first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
– University College London is founded under the name University of London.
– The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.
– Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
– HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
– Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
– The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
– French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege.
– Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
– American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
Who Were Born On ?
– Matilda Joslyn Gage, American feminist and suffragette (d. 1898)
– Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
– Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
– Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
– Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872)
– Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
– Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (d. 1871)
– Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
– Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
– John Wisden, England cricketer (d. 1884)