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Historical Event(s)
– Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
– The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
– Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México.
– War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
– Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of Champagne, although he actually did not have anything to do with sparkling wine.
– Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
Who Were Born On ?
– Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
– James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
– Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
– Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
– John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
– George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773)
– Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743)
– Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
– Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
– Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)