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Historical Event(s)
– Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
– James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
– 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).
– Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
– Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
– American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
– 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.
– 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)
– Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
– Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
– Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
– Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)
– Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
– Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
– James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
– Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)