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Historical Event(s)
– Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.
– 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
– The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
– Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
– The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
– The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
– James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
– James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.
– James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile
Who Were Born On ?
– Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
– Joseph Jacotot, French teacher and educational philosopher (d. 1840)
– William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
– Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831)
– Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d. 1850)
– David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
– Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823)
– Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828)
– Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
– Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist (d. 1827)