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Historical Event(s)
– The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
– Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Who Were Born On ?
– Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
– Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785)
– Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)
– Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788)
– Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
– Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
– Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
– Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
– George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)
– John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)