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Historical Event(s)
– Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
– The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
– Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
– English colonists besiege Spanish St. Augustine in Queen Anne’s War.
– Queen Anne’s War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Who Were Born On ?
– Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
– Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
– Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)
– Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
– Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d. 1762)
– Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
– Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
– Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
– Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau, German Prince (d. 1769)