A powerful earthquake near New Madrid, Missouri, with an estimated magnitude of 7.5, caused widespread destruction and temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River.
Johann Gottfried Galle (Astronomer)
George Clinton became the first vice president of the United States to die while in office. The president at that time was James Madison.
Robert Browning (English poet)
Alexander H. Stephens (Confederate Vice President)
Charles Dickens (Author)
German authors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of the first edition of their collection of folk stories, “Children’s and Household Tales.”
The U.S. frigate United States captured the British vessel Macedonian during the War of 1812.
French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.
The Russians set fire to Moscow after an invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte’s troops.
