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Historical Event(s)
– The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
– The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
– First performance of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
– King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
– Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
– King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
– Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
– William Blount, American statesman (d. 1800)
– Levi Lincoln, Sr., American statesman (d. 1820)
– Gregorio Funes, Argentine clergyman, politician and Junta Grande figure (d. 1829)
– Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
– Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
– Nicolas Appert, French inventor (d. 1841)
– Edward Rutledge, American statesman (d. 1800)