George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)

Birth

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer

Birth

Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer

Birth

James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)

Birth

Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)

Birth

Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)

Birth

Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs

Birth

Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)

Birth

Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera

Event

George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868

Birth

Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)

Event

US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)

Event

Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75

Death

Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)

Birth

Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74

Death

Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869

Birth

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer

Birth

Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium

Event

Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73

Death

Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)

Birth

Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)

Birth

Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano

Event

John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892

Birth

William Henry Monk, composer

Birth

1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing

Event