John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens

Birth

Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer

Birth

Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline and Fall of Roman Emp)

Birth

Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII and III"

Event

Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66

Death

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)

Birth

Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73

Death

Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)

Birth

British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this)

Event

Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)

Birth

William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47

Death

Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer

Birth

Alfred Julius Becher, composer

Birth

US Marines attack shores of Tripoli

Event

Amalia Frstin Gallitzin, Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57

Death

Friedrich von Flotow, composer

Birth

Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34

Death

Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed

Event

Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)

Birth

Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)

Birth

William Richard Bexfield, composer

Birth

Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens

Event

Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher

Birth

John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]

Birth

Fire destroys half of Charleston

Event