Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France

Birth

Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)

Birth

Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79

Death

Antonin Kammel, composer

Birth

Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72

Death

Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord

Event

Johann Michael Malzat, composer

Birth

Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)

Birth

Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)

Birth

William Knyvett, composer

Birth

Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60

Death

Friedrich W A Fr”bel, German educator (founded kindergarten)

Birth

Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges

Event

John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)

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NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British

Event

Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint

Birth

Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885

Birth

Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter

Birth

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)

Birth

Beni Egressy, composer

Birth

Charlotte Bront‰, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)

Birth

Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874

Birth

Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna

Event

Anselmo Clave, composer

Birth

Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary

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