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Historical Event(s)
– Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
– A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
– King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years – the longest of any major European monarch.
Who Were Born On ?
– James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (d. 1763)
– Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (d. 1755)
– John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1783)
– Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
– Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
– Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
– Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)
– Tsar Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
– Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
– Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)