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Historical Event(s)
– Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands.
– Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
– 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 desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Le Van Duyet by Emperor Minh Mang provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
– Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
– Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
– The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
– The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
– Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
– 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)
– Charles George ‘Chinese’Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885)
– Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist and 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
– John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
– Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
– William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897)
– Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
– Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
– Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
– John S. Mosby, American Civil War figure (d. 1916)