40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)

Event

William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon)

Birth

Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18)

Birth

Paul Anton Wineberger, composer

Birth

George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement

Event

Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY

Event

Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71

Death

Ferdinando Orlandi, composer

Birth

Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle

Death

Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Hts

Event

Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36

Death

British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC

Event

Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas)

Birth

Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged

Death

Adolf Muller, composer

Birth

Bernhard Molique, composer

Birth

Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer

Birth

Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood

Event

August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68

Death

1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans

Event

Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880

Birth

William Sill, with The Underground Railroad

Birth

Richard Heron Anderson, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879

Birth

Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations

Event

William Brimage Bate, US Confederate brig-gen/(Gov-D-Tenn, 1882-86)

Birth