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Historical Event(s)
– Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
– War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
– Great Britain, Austria and Savoy-Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
– Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
Who Were Born On ?
– Louis Claude de Saint-Martin French philosopher, known as le philosophe inconnu. (d. 1803)
– Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
– Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)
– Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
– Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)
– Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
– Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (d. 1816)
– Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
– Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)
– Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)