Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer

Birth

Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47

Death

Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]

Event

John V clav Stich, [Giovanni Punto], Bohemian horn player/composer

Birth

Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die

Event

Friedrich von Hagedorn, poet (Fabeln und Erz„hlungen), dies at 46

Death

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65

Death

Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68

Death

Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ

Event

Raphael Weiss, composer, dies at 66

Death

Johann Schneider, composer

Birth

NY gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000

Event

Eliphalet Remington, US gun maker

Birth

Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin

Event

Leonardus A Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship (1848 . .53)

Birth

Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer

Birth

Karl Georg Lickl, composer

Birth

Pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician (logistic curve)

Birth

John Thomson, composer

Birth

Adley Hogan Gladden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862

Birth

Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73

Death

Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers and Sons) [OS]

Birth

Dudley McIver DuBose, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883

Birth

S ndor Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Boldog Szerelem), dies at 69

Death

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)

Birth