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Historical Event(s)
– Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
– Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
– American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
– American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
– American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
– British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
– American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
– American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
– American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
Who Were Born On ?
– Karoline Jagemann, German actor (d. 1848)
– Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838)
– David Daniel Davis, British physician (d. 1841)
– Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)
– Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (d. 1851)
– Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
– James Carr, U.S. Congressman (d. 1818)
– Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)
– Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)