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Historical Event(s)
– During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
– Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
– The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries’ Parliaments, lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Who Were Born On ?
– Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
– Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor (d. 1790)
– Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
– George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
– Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
– Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
– Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
– John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
– Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735)
– Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)