Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer

Birth

Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts

Event

Gian Francesco de Majo, composer

Birth

Neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover

Event

John Antes, composer

Birth

Bernard Jumentier, composer

Birth

Rufus King, framer of US constitution

Birth

Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72

Death

Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)

Birth

Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers

Event

Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London

Event

Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)

Birth

Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia

Event

Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP

Birth

Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers

Birth

Galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove

Birth

Aime Maillart, composer

Birth

Elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne

Birth

[George] Hector Tyndale, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66

Death

Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64

Death

Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized

Event

Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio

Event

John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist

Birth

William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist

Birth