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Historical Event(s)
– First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
– Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
– The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
– The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
– Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
– Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
– The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
– Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
– U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
– Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
– Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
– Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
– Kate Greenaway, English children’s author and illustrator (d. 1901)
– Samuel Johnson, Yoruba historian and priest (d. 1901)
– Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
– Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian Slovene writer (d. 1906)
– Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
– Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
– Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (d. 1904)