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Historical Event(s)
– South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
– American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
– American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
– American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondicherry.
– The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
– The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
– Cherry Valley Massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
– In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
– American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
– Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer and poet (d. 1827)
– Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
– Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
– Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
– Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
– Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
– Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
– Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
– John Ordronaux, privateer of the War of 1812 (d. 1841)