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Historical Event(s)
– The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
– James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world’s first machine gun.
– Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great’s son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
– The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
– Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as “Blackbeard”) is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
– Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway.
– Great Britain declares war on Spain.
Who Were Born On ?
– Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
– Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)
– Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798)
– Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)
– David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
– Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
– Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)
– George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
– Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
– John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)