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January
17th |
The republic of Colombia was declared by the revolutionary Simon Bolivar. |
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February
6th |
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore as a trading post for the East India Trading Company. |
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February
22nd |
Spain sold Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. |
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May
31st |
American literary figure, Walt Whitman, was born in Long Island, New York. He is considered as one of the most influential American poets in history. |
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June
20th |
German composer, Jacques Offenbach, was born in Cologne. He was a composer and cellist of the Romantic era and one of the founders of the operetta form. |
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June
26th |
The bicycle was patented by German inventor Baron Karl von Drais. |
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August
7th |
The battle of Boyaca took ended with the defeat of the Spanish forces. The battle was the last in Colombia's (then known as New Granada) battle for independence. |
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December
14th |
Alabama became the 22nd U.S. state. |
