Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia

Event

Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat

Birth

Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14

Death

Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer

Birth

1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)

Event

Ferdinand Kauer, composer

Birth

Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62

Death

Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan

Death

San Jose California, founded

Event

Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)

Event

Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)

Birth

Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer

Birth

English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony

Event

William Henry Havergal, composer

Birth

Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I

Birth

governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England

Event

French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance

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Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896

Birth

Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)

Birth

Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873

Birth

James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885

Birth

San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes

Event

Jacques Gregoir, composer

Birth

Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist

Birth

Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884

Birth