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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.
– Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
– American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
– 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.
– American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
– The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
– Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
– Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
– Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
– Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
– 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)