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Wikipedia.
Events:
March 4 -
James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United
States of America.
July 4 - At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
December 10 - Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state.
Elgin Marbles displayed in British Museum.
Emperor Ninko ascends to the throne of Japan.
Births:
February 19 -
King William III of the Netherlands.
February 22 -
Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, mathematician.
March 22 -
Braxton Brag, Confederate general (+ 1876).
April 25 -
Pieter Kamerling.
May 16 -
Cornelis van den Houten.
June 30 -
Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist ( 1911).
July 9 -
Tona (Thona) Timmerman.
July 12 -
Henry David Thoreau, US philosopher.
July 24 -
Grand Duke Adolf of Luxembourg.
September 14 -
Trijntje van Es.
October 20 -
Willem van den Houten.
November 30-
Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian.
Deaths:
January 12 -
Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit.
July 28 -
Jane Austen (b. 1775), British novelist.
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