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Historical Event(s)
– In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
– American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
– Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
– The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
– A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
– A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
– The first battle of Shays’ Rebellion begins.
– 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.
– George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Who Were Born On ?
– Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873)
– Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
– Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859)
– Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen consort of Holland (d. 1837)
– William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (d. 1850)
– Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician and Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
– Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military commander (d. 1830)
– Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
– William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
– Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865)