Prosper Jolyot de Cr‚billon, French poet (Atr‚e et Thyeste)

Birth

Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55

Death

Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer

Birth

Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer

Birth

George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66

Death

Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland

Event

Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41

Death

Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer

Birth

James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC

Event

Luca Sorkocevic, composer

Birth

Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68

Death

De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris

Event

Anton Fischer, composer

Birth

John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times

Event

Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer

Birth

Congress changes US flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes

Event

Fran‡ois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73

Death

Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81

Death

Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright

Birth

Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883

Birth

Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)

Birth

Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872

Birth

William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881

Birth

Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer

Birth

Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80

Death