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Historical Event(s)
– King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
– The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
– Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
– Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking “Thief-Taker General” (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
– Tumult of Thorn – religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Who Were Born On ?
– Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
– George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
– Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d. 1822)
– Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
– Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
– Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
– George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
– Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
– Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (d. 1811)
– Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)