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Stephen D. Lee
1833Sep, 22

Stephen D. Lee

Stephen D. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1908)
Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 – May 28, 1908) was an American politician who served as the first president of Mississippi State University from 1880 to 1899. Prior to that, he was lieutenant general of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern and Western theaters of the American Civil War.

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Events on 1833

  • 13Jan

    Nullification Crisis

    United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
  • 5Jul

    Lê Văn Khôi revolt

    Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
  • 5Jul

    Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833)

    Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  • 11Jul

    Yagan

    Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
  • 18Dec

    God Save the Tsar!

    The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.