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Historical Event(s)
– Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
– French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
– French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
– French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers.
Who Were Born On ?
– Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
– Archibald Menzies, Scottish naturalist and surgeon (d. 1842)
– Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
– Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan and Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
– Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
– Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
– Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)
– Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect, planner of Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
– François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
– George Crabbe, British poet and naturalist (d. 1832)