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Historical Event(s)
– The hymn that became known as “Amazing Grace”, then titled “1 Chronicles 17:16–17” is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England.
– The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
– Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
– The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
– Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
– America‘s first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’in Virginia
– The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.
– Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company’s tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.
– American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)
– William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
– Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
– Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
– Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824)
– Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
– Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
– Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
– King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
– George Cayley, English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857)