Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire

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Georg Friedrich H„ndel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London

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Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)

Birth

Muzio Clementi, Italian composer

Birth

Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide)

Birth

Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)

Birth

Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)

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Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)

Birth

Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad

Birth

Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded

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Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized

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2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia

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Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500

Event

Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50

Death

Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63

Death

William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46

Death

7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri

Event

George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73

Death

Franz Commer, composer

Birth

Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52

Death

Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician

Birth

Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer

Birth

Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896

Birth

Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/min of War (1899-1900)

Birth

douard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (D‚jeuner sur L'Herbe)

Birth