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Historical Event(s)
– 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.
– The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
– Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
– Nat Turner’s slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.
– Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
– Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
– Capo d'Istria, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
– Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
– In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
– Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
Who Were Born On ?
– Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)
– Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
– Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
– Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
– Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
– Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist (d. 1891)
– Victorien Sardou, French dramatist (d. 1908)
– Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
– Kate Harrington, American teacher, writer and poet (d. 1917)
– Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)