1818

Mary Todd Lincoln (Wife of President Abraham Lincoln)

Emily Bronte (Author)

Karl Marx (Author, Revolutionary Socialist, “The Communist Manifesto”)

Frederick Douglass (African-American abolitionist, lecturer, escaped slave)

The Christmas Carol “Silent Night,” by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr, was sung for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in

“Silent Night” was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber.

Illinois became the 21st state in the United States.

Congress decided the flag of the United States should consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be

Chile officially proclaimed its independence, more than seven years after initially renouncing Spanish rule.

The book Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, was published in London, England.

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