John Jenkins, composer, dies

Death

William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York

Event

Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist

Birth

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, composer

Birth

Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71

Death

Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist

Birth

Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60

Death

Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer

Birth

Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74

Death

Ernest Louis Muller, composer

Birth

Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72

Death

Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal

Event

Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72

Death

Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer

Birth

Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/min of Justice

Birth

1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia

Event

Minute Men organized in colonies

Event

"Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution

Event

Joseph Mayseder, composer

Birth

Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet (Curiosity)

Birth

Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi

Event

Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer

Birth

Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian general-fieldmarshal

Birth

Lorenzo Thomas, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1875

Birth

US annexes western Florida

Event