Heinrich Gebhard, composer

Birth

Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer

Birth

Giacomo Cordella, composer

Birth

Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion"

Event

Andr‚-Marie Ch‚nier, French poet (Avis aux Fran‡ais sur leurs), dies

Death

James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general (British army)

Birth

French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir

Event

Heinrich R G”ppert, German paleo-botanist

Birth

William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies

Death

Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education

Birth

Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69

Death

George Stephenson introduced the 1st steam locomotive

Event

Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British

Event

Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)

Birth

Schuyler Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903

Birth

Gen Agust¡n de Iturbide crowned Agust¡n I, 1st emperor of M‚xico

Event

Richard James Oglesby, Union (Union volunteers), died in 1899

Birth

Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 [OS Jul 13]

Death

1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies

Event

Simon Hassler, composer

Birth

S T Coleridge, writer, dies at 61

Death

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet, dies at 61

Death

Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine

Event

Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution

Birth

1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian

Event