Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna

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Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer

Birth

Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer

Birth

Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77

Death

English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne

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Claude-Prosper J de Cr‚billon, French writer (Le sopha)

Birth

H„ndels opera Rinaldo, premieres

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Henry Pelham appointed English premier

Event

Fran‡ois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69

Death

Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church

Birth

Thomas Malthus, England, population expert (Law of Malthus)

Birth

Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels

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"Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)

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Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer

Birth

James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian

Death

William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56

Death

Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59

Death

1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila

Event

Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn

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Lajos, Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)

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John McNeil, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891

Birth

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer

Birth

Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor

Birth

John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61

Death

James Green Martin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878

Birth