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Historical Event(s)
– American Revolutionary War: 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne’s command rebel against the Continental Army’s winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
– American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
– American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
– The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
– American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
– Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War.
– The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
– American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
– American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
– The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British noble and officer (d. 1844)
– Javiera Carrera, Chilean aristoctrat (d. 1862)
– Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
– Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (d. 1826)
– Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
– Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer, editor and music publisher (d. 1858)
– Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
– Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (d. 1854)
– Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
– Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)