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Historical Event(s)
– The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
– Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands.
– The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin
– The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
– U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride on a train.
– Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
– Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
– The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
– A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
– A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2 rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
Who Were Born On ?
– Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
– José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)
– Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist and 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
– Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first female dentist in the United States (d. 1910)
– Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
– Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
– Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
– Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
– Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911)
– Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)