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Historical Event(s)
– American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
– Louis XVI becomes King of France.
– Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
– Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
– The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
– Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament’s Coercive Acts
– Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war.
– Massachusetts colonists rise up in bloodless Powder Alarm.
– New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
– The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Who Were Born On ?
– André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
– Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German philosopher (d. 1854)
– Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
– Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
– Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer (d. 1814)
– William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)
– Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843)
– Lord William Bentinck, British soldier, Governor General of India (d. 1839)
– Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
– Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)