Events in History
- Sep 7 Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day)
- Sep 27 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone
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Heinrich Schliemann
Alexander Mackenzie
Frederick Law Olmsted
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Louis PasteurHistorical Marriages
- Jun 29 Nephew of Napoleon, biologist and ornithologist Prince Charles Bonaparte marries cousin Zenaide Bonaparte
- Oct 12 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" author Victor Hugo (20) weds Adele Fourcher
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
William Herschel
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