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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)
– Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835)
– Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
– Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
– Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
– Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834)
– John Shortland, English naval officer (d. 1810)
– Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
– Sir Isaac Brock, British soldier (d. 1812)
– Solomon Sibley, American politician and former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan Territory (d. 1846)