Louis-Henry Paisible, composer

Birth

Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland

Event

Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration)

Birth

Willem GF Bentinck, Dutch earl/politician/organist

Birth

Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits

Event

Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)

Event

Gottlob Wiedebein, composer

Birth

Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63

Death

Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37

Death

Franz Schoberlechner, composer

Birth

Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt

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David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886

Birth

Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery

Birth

Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist

Birth

Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901

Birth

Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service

Birth

Joseph K Barnes, Major General (Union Army), died in 1883

Birth

John Gilbert, painter/illustrator

Birth

Vasile Alecsandri, Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat

Birth

Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55

Death

Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer

Birth

Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics

Event

James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king

Event