Thomas Coutts, Scottish banker

Birth

Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist/physicist

Birth

Joseph Legros, composer

Birth

Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literature (Disease of Scientists)

Birth

Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer, dies at 48

Death

Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major (Maastricht)

Birth

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, dies

Death

Frantisek Max Knize, composer

Birth

John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English physician/nature investigator, dies at 68

Death

Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)

Event

Karoline Schelling, writer, dies

Death

Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author, dies at 46

Death

William Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887

Birth

Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov

Event

"Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY)

Event

Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treas (Union), died in 1868

Birth

Jean-Louis Duport, composer, dies at 69

Death

Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist (History of Holland)

Birth

Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Fries regent/patriot, dies at 67

Death

Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence

Event

Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)

Event

August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring

Birth

Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, US, geologist (Geograph Survey 1859-86)

Birth

Victorien Sardou, French stage writer (Madame Sans-Gˆne)

Birth

Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British PM (L) (1905-08)

Birth