Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73

Death

Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)

Birth

Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish

Event

Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court

Event

August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist

Birth

Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

Birth

Johan V, King of Portugal, dies

Death

Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses

Event

James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies

Death

Amelie Julia Candielle, composer

Birth

Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam

Event

Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen

Event

Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army

Event

Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies

Death

Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48

Death

1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process

Event

Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila

Event

All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem

Event

Jos‚ B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54

Death

John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor

Birth

Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer

Birth

1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila

Event

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish

Death

British invade Plattsburgh NY

Event

George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870

Birth