Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)

Birth

Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67

Death

Josef Christian, German sculptor

Birth

Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")

Event

Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73

Death

Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah

Event

Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Fran‡ois I)

Event

James Sherard, composer, dies at 71

Death

Matej Sojka, composer

Birth

Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer

Birth

Lambert-Fran‡ois Godecharle, composer

Birth

Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer

Birth

Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer

Birth

Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68

Death

English fleet occupies Martinique

Event

John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs

Event

Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)

Birth

Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60

Death

Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India

Event

Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)

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Franz Joseph Volkert, composer

Birth

Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75

Death

Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)

Birth

Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)

Birth

Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter

Birth