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Historical Event(s)
– An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
– Father Junipero Serra founds California’s first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego.
– Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay.
– Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.
– Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce.
Who Were Born On ?
– Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
– Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862)
– Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
– Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844)
– Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
– Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
– Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
– Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
– Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)