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Historical Event(s)
– John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
– The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
– Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
– Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
Who Were Born On ?
– George Duff, Royal Navy Captain, killed in action at the Battle of Trafalgar (d.1805)
– John Abernethy, English surgeon (d. 1831)
– Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)
– Elisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI (d. 1794)
– Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
– José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
– Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (d. 1823)
– Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
– Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
– Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)