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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 ?
– Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862)
– Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844)
– François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
– Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
– Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
– Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
– Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
– Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
– Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834)
– Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)