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Historical Event(s)
– The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
– Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
– Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France’s anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
– Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
– Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
– Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
– Gabriel Fahrenheit, German inventor and thermometer maker (d. 1736)
– Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
– Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
– Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
– Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
– Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)