A levy is enacted for tools to be used on public roads in the county.
Kentucky
The first chapter of the Dominican Sisters of Peace is found in the United States. Their original convent is located in a one-room log cabin near Springfield, Kentucky.
U.S. & World
An informer reveals a plot led by Denmark Vesey, a free black man, for a massive slave uprising in South Carolina. Thirty-five blacks, including Vesey, will be hanged, and severely repressive slave codes will be passed throughout the region.