Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James

Event

-4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers

Event

Pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42

Death

Charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain (1711-40)

Birth

Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy

Event

Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44

Death

Parliament declares Hungary independently/French R k¢czi becomes king

Event

John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59

Death

Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer

Birth

Richard Stockton, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)

Birth

Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer

Birth

John Mhlenberg, Lutheran pastor/general/congressman

Birth

Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France

Event

William Beckford, British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek)

Birth

English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston

Event

Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80

Death

Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799)

Birth

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64

Death

Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer

Birth

James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")

Birth

Sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist (Chronicles of a Russian Family)

Birth

1st session of new French legislative assembly

Event

Dutch prince Willem Frederik marries his niece princess Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia

Event

Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70

Death

France annexes Southern Netherlands

Event