Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies

Death

Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer

Birth

Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, buried at 64

Death

Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58

Death

Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi

Birth

Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury

Event

Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver

Birth

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer

Birth

Ferenc Verseghy, composer

Birth

Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king

Event

John Abernethy, London, surgeon

Birth

Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71

Death

Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College

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Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce

Event

Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)

Birth

Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created

Event

Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66

Death

Charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877

Birth

Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83

Death

Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)

Birth

Edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)

Birth

Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies

Death

William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC)

Birth

Adolf Rzepko, composer

Birth

Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies

Death