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Historical Event(s)
– American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
– The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
– The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.
– American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford’s continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
– American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
– American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
– James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
– American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
– American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
– Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War.
Who Were Born On ?
– Martin Lichtenstein, German physician (d. 1857)
– Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (d. 1847)
– Milos Obrenovic, Serbian noble and nationalist (d. 1860)
– William Ellery Channing, Unitarian theologian (d. 1842)
– Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (d. 1868)
– Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
– Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (d. 1845)
– François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838)
– Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (d. 1801)
– Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1825)