Events in History
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
Birthdays in History
- Mason Brayman, American attorney, newspaperman and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1895)
Deaths in History
- Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)