Births on July 21

Henri Victor Regnault

Born on July 21, 1810

Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)

Henri Victor Regnault (21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his lifetime as Victor Regnault.

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4 Feb

Guadeloupe
The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
23 Jun

Pacific Fur Company
John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
27 Aug

Battle of Grand Port
Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
16 Sep

Mexican War of Independence
With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
27 Oct

West Florida
United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.

Births on July 21

Henri Victor Regnault

Born on July 21, 1810

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Guadeloupe

Pacific Fur Company

Battle of Grand Port

Mexican War of Independence

West Florida