In A.D. 632, the prophet Mohammed died. Mohammed's teachings, recorded in the Koran, forged a new religion, Islam. By the time of Mohammed's death, nearly all of the Arabian peninsula accepted his religious and secular leadership.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.
In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union.
In 1869, Chicago inventor Ives W. McGaffey received a patent for a vacuum cleaner.