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Historical Event(s)
– After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
– The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
– American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
– Beginning of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
– The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Who Were Born On ?
– Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
– Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
– Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (d. 1831)
– Petros Mavromichalis, Greek leader in the Greek War of Independence and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
– Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
– Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French counterrevolutionary (d. 1794)
– Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
– Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
– Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)