Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64

Death

Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris

Event

Regular mail delivery begins between NY and Boston

Event

Don Carlos de Gurrea/Arag¢n becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth

Event

Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York

Event

Johann Pfeiffer, composer

Birth

Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar

Event

Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar

Event

Pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64

Death

Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom

Event

Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal

Event

Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder

Birth

Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)

Birth

William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75

Death

Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer

Birth

Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy and Inquiry) [NS=Jan 12]

Birth

Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82

Death

John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples

Birth

Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)

Birth

J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica

Event

"Mad" Anthony Wayne, general

Birth

Giovanni Furno, composer

Birth

Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker

Birth

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55

Death

Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26

Death