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Thomas Green Clemson
1807Jul, 1

Thomas Green Clemson

Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and educator, founded Clemson University (d. 1888)
Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as an ambassador and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina. Historians have called Clemson "a quintessential nineteenth-century Renaissance man."

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  • 7Feb

    Battle of Eylau

    Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
  • 8Feb

    Battle of Eylau

    After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.
  • 19Feb

    Aaron Burr

    Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
  • 22May

    Aaron Burr

    A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
  • 20Jul

    Internal combustion engine

    Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.