Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar

Event

Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies

Death

Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer

Birth

4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston

Event

Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53

Death

Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies

Death

Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia

Event

Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]

Birth

Johannes Herbst, composer

Birth

Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides

Event

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71

Death

James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation

Event

Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer

Birth

Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer

Birth

Fran‡ois-EugŠne Vidocq, British police detective

Birth

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer

Birth

Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72

Death

Franz Adolf Berwald, Sweden, composer

Birth

Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt

Event

Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer

Birth

Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin

Event

Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered

Death

Eduard Marxsen, composer

Birth

Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I

Event

Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68

Death