Jean-Louis Laruette, composer

Birth

Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79

Death

Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52

Death

Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68

Death

Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company)

Birth

Joseph N Ni‚pce, French inventor (photography)

Birth

Josef Alois Ladurner, composer

Birth

Tommaso Marchesi, composer

Birth

British close port of Boston to all commerce

Event

Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay

Event

Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)

Birth

Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76

Death

John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer

Birth

Karl Schwencke, composer

Birth

Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song)

Birth

Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law

Event

Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50

Death

John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies

Death

Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)

Birth

Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro

Event

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73

Death

Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48

Death

Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer

Birth

Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time)

Birth

Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer

Birth