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Historical Event(s)
– In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
– The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, enters into force in Great Britain.
– War of the Spanish Succession: a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
– Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
Who Were Born On ?
– Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
– Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
– King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
– William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
– Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (d. 1761)
– Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790)
– Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
– Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
– Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
– Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)