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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 ?
– Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)
– Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (d. 1821)
– Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831)
– John Graves Simcoe, British territorial lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
– Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
– Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
– Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
– Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833)
– Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher, settler of Jerusalem & Watkins Glen, New York (p. 7/1/1819)
– Gabriel Duvall, American jurist, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1844)