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Historical Event(s)
– American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey
– Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
– American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
– The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Marquis de Lafayette “be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States.”
– American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
– American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
– Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
– American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
– San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
– The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.
Who Were Born On ?
– Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
– Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
– Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
– Robert Clark, American politician (d. 1837)
– Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)
– Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
– Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849)
– Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
– Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
– Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)