Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC

Event

Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100

Event

Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die

Event

Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, France, general

Birth

Georg F H„ndels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London

Event

Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy

Event

Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63

Death

Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53

Death

Justin Morgan, composer

Birth

1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published

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Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister

Birth

Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages

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Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist

Birth

French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter

Birth

Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves

Event

Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50

Death

Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies

Death

John Wesley charters Methodist Church

Event

D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician

Birth

Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist

Birth

Henriette ALF countess d'Oultremont de W‚gimont, wife of King Willem I

Birth

US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin

Event

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56

Death

W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)

Birth

Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)

Birth