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Historical Event(s)
– The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
– In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
– A Great Jubilee Day held at Trumbull, Connecticut celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution.
– The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
– Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
– American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
– W.A. Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
– American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
– A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
– George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Who Were Born On ?
– Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
– Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)
– Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
– Hannah Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)
– William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (d. 1850)
– Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military commander (d. 1830)
– Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
– William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
– Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
– Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865)