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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).
– 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 Revolutionary War: light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
– American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
– American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
Who Were Born On ?
– Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
– Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
– Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
– William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
– Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863)
– Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
– Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
– James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
– Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)
– Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865)