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Historical Event(s)
– Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
– Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
– Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.
Who Were Born On ?
– Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786)
– Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
– Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)
– Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782)
– Motoori Norinaga, Japanese scholar (d. 1801)
– Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. 1817)
– Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)
– Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
– Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (d. 1794)
– Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)