Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured

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-29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY

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William Blake, English poet/painter (Songs of Innocence and Experience)

Birth

England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven

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Matthaus Fischer, composer

Birth

F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia

Birth

2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy

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Washington and his troops cross Delaware River

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Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat

Birth

Ferdinand Reis, composer

Birth

William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55

Death

Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36)

Birth

Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53

Death

Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education

Birth

Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (T”rnrosens Buck)

Birth

Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64

Death

US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis

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Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer

Birth

John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America

Birth

William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect

Birth

Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)

Birth

Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer

Birth

Kosacks occupy Utrecht

Event

Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70

Death

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862

Birth