Jean BG duke of Orl‚ans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51

Death

Louis Marchand, composer

Birth

Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56

Death

Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54

Death

Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62

Death

British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"

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Gottfried August Homilius, composer

Birth

Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London

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Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66

Death

Georg F H„ndels opera "Poro," premieres in London

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King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia

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British Walpole govt resigns

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Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer

Birth

Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65

Death

Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London

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Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75

Death

Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer

Birth

Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59

Death

Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies)

Birth

Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63

Death

William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61

Death

Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres

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Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire

Event

Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist

Birth

1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›)

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