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Historical Event(s)
– Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
– A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
– Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
– Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
– U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
– The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
– The formation of the London Working Men’s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
– The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
– Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
– Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
Who Were Born On ?
– Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
– Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912)
– Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
– Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
– Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
– Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur (d. 1904)
– Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
– James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
– Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American entrepreneur (d. 1911)
– Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)