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Historical Event(s)
– American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
– Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
– Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
– American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
– 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 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.
– Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
– 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: George Washington’s Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Who Were Born On ?
– Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838)
– Robert Clark, American politician (d. 1837)
– Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)
– Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
– Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849)
– Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (d. 1851)
– Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier (d. 1836)
– Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
– Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)