EVENTS-\nMarch 25 - The Orthodox Metropolitan Germanos of Patras proclaims national uprising. Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. \nJune 19 - Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia). \nJune 24 - Simón Bolívar wins the Battle of Carabobo, ensuring Venezuela's independency from Spain. (See Venezuela's independence.) \nJuly 10 - The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain. \nJuly 28 - Peru declares independence from Spain. (See Peru's Independence from Spain). \nAugust 10 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state. (See History of Missouri.) \nSeptember 11 - Greek War of Independence - Tripoli, Greece falls to attacking Greeks; Greeks proceed to kill most of the Turkish population \nSeptember 15 - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica gain independence from Spain. (See History of Central America) \nSeptember 27 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain. (See Mexican War of Independence.) \nSeptember 18 - Amherst College is founded. \nNovember 9 - the first US pharmacy college holds classes in Philadelphia. \nNovember 16 - American Old West: Santa Fe Trail used by first Caucasian. \nNovember 28 - Panama declares independence from Spain. (See History of Panama). \n\nBIRTH-\nJanuary 8 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (d. 1904) \nJanuary 8 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Civil War general (d. 1862) \nFebruary 3 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first American female physician (d. 1910) \nFebruary 11 - Hermann Allmers, writer (d. 1902) \nFebruary 11 - Auguste Edouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881) \nFebruary 17 - Lola Montez, Irish Spanish dancer and royal mistress (d. 1861) \nFebruary 19 - August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868) \nMarch 1 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (d. 1896) \nApril 9 - Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet and writer (d. 1867) \nMay 8 - William Henry Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1885) \nMay 16 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) \nMay 17 - Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopath (d. 1897) \nJuly 1 - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, French archaeologist (d. 1904) \nJuly 18 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910) \nAugust 10 - Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905) \nOctober 13 - Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902) \nNovember 11 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881) \nDecember 12 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880) \nDecember 25 - Clara Barton, First president of American Red Cross (d. 1912) \nSir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Canadian politician (d. 1893) \nFrederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902) \n\n\nDeaths\nJanuary 4 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (b. 1774) \nFebruary 23 - John Keats, British poet (b. 1795) \nMarch 13 - John Hunter, second Governor of New South Wales (b. 1737) \nMay 5 - Napoleon I of France (b. 1769) \nMay 19 - Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771) \nJune 7 - Tudor Vladimirescu, Wallachian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780) \nSeptember 10 - Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian \nOctober 11 - John Ross Key commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (b. 1754) \nNovember 8 - Jean Rapp, French general (b. 1771)