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Historical Event(s)
– Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
– The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
– Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
– The University of Alabama is founded.
– A new London Bridge opens.
– French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
– Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
– Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
– In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
– In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
Who Were Born On ?
– Savitribai Phule, Indian social activist and educator (d. 1897)
– Heinrich von Stephan, German labor organizer (d. 1897)
– Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)
– Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
– Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary (d. 1881)
– Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
– James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)
– Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
– Victorien Sardou, French dramatist (d. 1908)
– James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)