Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik

Birth

J G Palitzsch, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz

Birth

Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier

Event

Luigi Gatti, composer

Birth

Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove

Event

Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74

Death

Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73

Death

Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia

Event

Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army

Event

Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67

Death

John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)

Birth

Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence

Event

1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC

Event

1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick

Event

James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882

Birth

Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882

Birth

Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83

Death

Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82

Death

Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890

Birth

Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded

Event

Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889

Birth

James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895

Birth

Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54

Death

Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74

Death

Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)

Birth