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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)
– George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
– Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
– Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
– John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
– John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
– Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)
– Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
– Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)