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Historical Event(s)
– James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the “Sandwich Islands”.
– South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
– American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
– American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth is fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
– American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
– 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)
– Fernando Sor (baptized), Spanish composer (d. 1839)
– Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
– Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
– William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
– Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
– Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840)
– Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian naval officer and explorer (d. 1852)
– Mariano Moreno, secretary of war of the Primera Junta (d. 1811)
– Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)