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Historical Event(s)
– Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
– A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
– Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
– Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
– The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
Who Were Born On ?
– James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)
– Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)
– Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (d. 1821)
– John Graves Simcoe, British territorial lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
– Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
– Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
– Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (d. 1840)
– Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (d. 1827)
– George Rogers Clark, American military leader (d. 1818)