Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V

Birth

Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians

Event

Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography

Birth

George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart

Event

John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)

Birth

Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49

Death

Congress creates Dept of War and Lighthouse Service

Event

Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65

Death

John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58

Death

Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)

Event

Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits

Event

Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77

Death

Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist

Birth

Battle of Boyac ; Bol¡var defeats Spanish in Colombia

Event

1st potatoes planted in Hawaii

Event

Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer

Birth

Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)

Birth

Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896

Birth

Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)

Birth

Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920

Birth

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76

Death

Freiherr J”ns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68

Death

Battle of Moorefield, WV

Event

Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63

Death

Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist

Birth