Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget

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Vaclav Kalous, composer

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Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)

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Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet

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Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75

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Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)

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John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies

Death

Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garc¡a, Spanish tenor/composer

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Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)

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Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris

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Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer

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1st US state university chartered, Athens Georgia

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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42

Death

Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision)

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Juan Cris¢stomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer

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David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)

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Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies

Death

Philip Astley, theatre manager, dies

Death

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies

Death

Thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883

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Pres Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America

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Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole)

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Jozef Isra‰ls, Dutch painter

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Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879

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