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Battle of Tippecanoe
Shortly before dawn Harrison's soldiers were attacked. The natives were forced to flee and their village was destroyed. Some historians believe it was a draw. -
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated
Best remembered as the only British Prime Minister to be assissinated. After 2 years his government had lasted longer than he had predicted. It looked as if it were supposed to improve. “I have nothing to say to the nothing that has been said.”