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Historical Event(s)
– Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
– riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
– John Stafford Smith, English composer (d. 1836)
– François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
– Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806)
– Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
– Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Jamapese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
– Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
– Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet (d. 1819)
– Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
– King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)