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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 ?
– Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
– Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
– Thomas Gardner, American politician and soldier (d. 1775)
– Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
– Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
– John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
– Louise of Great Britain, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1751)
– Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
– Franz Aepinus, German scientist (d. 1802)
– Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)