1802

Alexander Dumas (Playwright, Novelist)

Victor Hugo (Author, the Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Mark Hopkins (American educator, Philosopher)

Washington, D.C. was incorporated as a city, with the mayor to be appointed by the President, and the council to be elected by the property

Congress authorized the establishment of the military academy at West Point, New York.

John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.

Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.

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