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Historical Event(s)
– Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
– Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I.
– The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
– Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
– The synagogue of Yehudah he-Hasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
Who Were Born On ?
– Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)
– Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
– Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
– Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)
– Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
– Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (d. 1760)
– Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
– Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
– Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)
– Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1788)