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Historical Event(s)
– Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh is established
– Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
– Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
– American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
– Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
– American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
– The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
– American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
– George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
– American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
Who Were Born On ?
– Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
– Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)
– Juan Larrea, Argentine businessman, member of the Primera Junta (d. 1847)
– Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca and Queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
– Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
– Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824)
– Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
– Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British statesman (d. 1859)
– Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop (d. 1846)
– Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)