Today in History for July 1816
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 6 of 6
1st - Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa"
3rd - French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
8th - Frost in Waltham, MA
9th - Argentina declares independence from Spain
19th - Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
27th - US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10
4th - Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
7th - Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
11th - French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect
13th - Gustav Freytag, writer
14th - Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (d. 1882)
20th - William Bowman, English anatomist
21st - Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service
23rd - Charlotte Sanders Cushman, US, actress (Lady MacBeth)
25th - Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)
31st - George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
3rd - Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65
6th - Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67
7th - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
14th - Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66
20th - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
23rd - Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68
