John Weldon, composer, dies at 60

Death

French troops conquer Maastricht

Event

Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France

Birth

Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

Event

Giuseppe Farinelli, composer

Birth

Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada

Event

Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria

Event

D niel Berzsenyi, [Hungarian Horatius], Hungarian poet

Birth

1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)

Event

Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82

Death

Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

Event

Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68

Death

Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71

Death

Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)

Birth

Indiana Territory organized

Event

Niccol• Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72

Death

Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64

Death

Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer

Birth

Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)

Birth

Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79

Death

Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70

Death

Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna

Event

Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74

Death

Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905

Birth

Charles T H Coster, Belgian literary (L‚gendes Flamandes) [or Aug 20]

Birth