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Historical Event(s)
– Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
– 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: 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: 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 ?
– William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
– Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
– Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
– Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
– Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
– James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
– Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)
– Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)
– Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)