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Historical Event(s)
– Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
– American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
– War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
– Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
– American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
– Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
– American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships.
– American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
– The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
– American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
Who Were Born On ?
– Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
– Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
– Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
– Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
– William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
– Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863)
– Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
– Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
– Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)
– Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)