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Historical Event(s)
– Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
– René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
– U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
– Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
– Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
– The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
– The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
– Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828.
Who Were Born On ?
– Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)
– William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
– Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
– Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910)
– Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
– Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
– Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896)
– Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)
– René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)