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Historical Event(s)
– Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
– Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
– Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
– The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
– Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
– The formation of the London Working Men’s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
– Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
– Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
– Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
– Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
Who Were Born On ?
– Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895)
– Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
– Henry Billings Brown, American jurist (d. 1913)
– Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
– Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
– Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
– Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
– Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
– Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
– Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)