Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer, dies at 54

Death

Ahmed K”prl, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies

Death

George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60)

Birth

Hieronymus van Beverningk, Duitch general, dies at 76

Death

Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Neth/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War

Event

Willem … Brakel, Fries theologist (Reasonable Religion), dies at 76

Death

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter

Birth

John Adams, Braintree (Quincy) Mass, 2nd president USA (1797-1801)

Birth

Edward Miller, composer

Birth

England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear [NS=Oct 19]

Event

Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss painter

Birth

Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies

Death

1st Methodist church in US initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)

Event

Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown

Event

1st navy in US forms

Event

Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54

Death

Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58

Death

Karl Guhr, composer

Birth

Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer

Birth

Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer

Birth

James Samuel Wadsworth, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Frederik I WK, 1st king of Wrttemberg (1806-16), dies

Death

Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Jahresbericht of Chemistry)

Birth

Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer

Birth

Fjodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Idiot) [NS=11/11]

Birth