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Historical Event(s)
– The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
– The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Hancock, American merchant, statesman, & Founding Father; 4th & 13th President of the Continental Congress; and 1st & 3rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)
– Thomas Paine, English radical liberal philosopher, American revolutionary (d. 1809)
– Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (d. 1781)
– Amarindra, Queen consort to King Rama I of Siam (d. 1826)
– Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)
– Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
– William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
– George Mcartney, Irish-born British statesman (d. 1806)
– Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1786)
– Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)