Historical Events
Event of Interest
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator")
Simón Bolívar
Famous Birthdays
- Mason Brayman, American attorney, newspaperman and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1895)
Famous Deaths
- Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)