Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez

Event

Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)

Birth

Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France

Event

Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty

Event

Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions

Event

August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62

Death

Sardinia and Austria sign alliance

Event

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85

Death

Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies

Death

John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)

Birth

Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)

Birth

William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex

Event

1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet

Event

Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long

Event

Hippolyte-Andr‚-Baptiste Chelard, composer

Birth

Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)

Event

Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder

Birth

Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk and linen

Event

France declares war on England and Netherlands

Event

Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66

Death

Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)

Birth

Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer

Birth

Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)

Birth

Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (M‚moire sur lesson Olim)

Birth

William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867

Birth