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Historical Event(s)
– James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
– The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
Who Were Born On ?
– Richard Henry Lee, American statesman (d. 1794)
– Charles Lee, British-born American Revolutionary War figure (d. 1782)
– William Cushing, American jurist (d. 1810)
– Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
– Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
– David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)
– Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
– Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian Roman Catholic Archbishop (d. 1812)
– Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796)
– Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776)