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Historical Event(s)
– HMS Beagle drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
– James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
– The city of Melbourne, Australia is founded.
– Melbourne, Australia is founded.
– HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipielago.
– Ragamuffin rebels capture Porto Alegre, then capital of the Brazilian imperial province of Rio Grande do Sul, triggering the start of ten-year-long Farroupilha Revolution.
– The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
– The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
– The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
– The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
Who Were Born On ?
– Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)
– Simon Newcomb, Canadian-born American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
– Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1876)
– Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist (d. 1893)
– King Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
– František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
– Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912)
– Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)
– Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer (d. 1923)
– Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)