Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61

Death

Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France

Event

Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated

Event

Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist

Birth

South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony

Event

Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia

Event

William Jackson, composer

Birth

Orazio Mei, composer

Birth

Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"

Birth

Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer

Birth

Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70

Death

Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres

Event

Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"

Event

"Virginia Plan" proposed

Event

Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61

Death

Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution

Event

Pietro Romani, composer

Birth

Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875

Birth

Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895

Birth

Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer

Birth

Jos‚phine, empress of France (1804-14), dies

Death

Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64

Death

Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies

Death

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)

Birth

David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864

Birth