1804 – Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton


Burr-Hamilton duel

Outraged over disparaging remarks that Alexander Hamilton had allegedly made at a dinner party, Aaron Burr challenged his longtime rival to a duel, and on this day in 1804 he fatally shot Hamilton in Weehawken, New Jersey.

Source: Britannica

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