A 1824 landmark U. S. Supreme Court ruling overturned a New York State-granted monopoly (" a veritable model of state munificence " facilitated by one of the Founding Fathers, Robert R. Livingston ) for the then-revolutionary technology of steamboats.

Kidd and an acquaintance, Colonel Robert Livingston, orchestrated the whole plan and paid for the rest.

* 1904 – Robert Livingston, American actor ( d. 1988 )

The trial, for which Allen hired Jared Ingersoll to represent the grantholder interest, began in July 1770, pitting Allen against politically powerful New York grant-holders, including New York's Lieutenant Governor Colden, James Duane ( who was prosecuting the case ), and Robert Livingston, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( who was presiding over the case ).

* 1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.

President Jefferson sent Monroe to France to assist Robert R. Livingston to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.

James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston traveled to Paris to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans in 1802.

On April 18, 1802, Jefferson penned a letter to Robert Livingston.

On Saturday, April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed by Robert Livingston, James Monroe, and Barbé Marbois in Paris.

Jefferson had sent James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to Paris in 1802 to try to buy the city of New Orleans and adjacent coastal areas.

Robert Livingston, as Chancellor of the State of New York ( the state's highest ranking judicial office ), administered the oath of office to George Washington at his first inauguration ; there was no Chief Justice of the United States, nor any other federal judge prior to their appointments by President Washington in the months following his inauguration.

On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a " Committee of Five ", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration.

** Robert Livingston, American actor ( b. 1904 )

* November 27 – Robert Livingston, American member of the New York colonial assembly ( 1737-1758 ) ( b. 1708 )

* February 26 – Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( b. 1746 )

* November 27 – Robert R. Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( d. 1813 )

In July 1776, the New York convention appointed a committee, including John Jay, Robert Livingston, George Clinton and Robert Yates, to " devise and carry into execution " measures for " obstructing the channel of Hudson's river, or annoying the navigation of the said River.

:— Robert R. Livingston named first United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs

It is named after Robert R. Livingston, delegate to the 1775 Continental Congress, member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and father-in-law of Richard Montgomery, after whom Montgomery County ( and similarly named counties in many other states ) were named.

However, the chief negotiator, Robert R. Livingston believed that the 3rd article of the treaty providing for the Louisiana Purchase would be acceptable to congress.

* Robert Livingston Beeckman ( 1866 – 1935 ), American politician and Governor of Rhode Island

The county is named for Robert R. Livingston.

James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston traveled to Paris to negotiate the purchase in 1802.

The manor was originally part of the Livingston Manor ; Clermont was a section in the southwest corner that was bequeathed to Robert Livingston, a younger son.

* Robert E. Cox ( 1917 – 1989 ) who conducted the " Gleanings for ATMs " column in Sky and Telescope magazine for 21 years.

* 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.

* 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.

* 1815 – Robert Volkmann, German composer ( d. 1883 )

* 1974 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer

* 1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Zambian-Welsh footballer

* 1893 – Robert Harron, American actor ( d. 1920 )

* 1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot ( d. 2006 )

* 1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and magistrate ( d. 1978 )

* 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.

* 1908 – Frank Robert Miller, Canadian airman and politician ( d. 1997 )

* 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor ( d. 1999 )

* 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

* 1964 – Robert Bogue, American actor

* 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor ( d. 1997 )

* 1797 – Charles Robert Malden, English naval officer ( d. 1855 )

* 1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor ( d. 1978 )

* 1293 – Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.

* 1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer ( b. 1912 )

* 2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and educator ( b. 1923 )

* 1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War ( d. 1926 )

* 1953 – Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist

* 1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.

* 2002 – Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.