Battle at La Marf‚e Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army

Event

Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns)

Event

Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist

Birth

LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River

Event

French troops conquer Maastricht

Event

Nicola Francesco Haym, composer

Birth

Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth

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Newton publishes "Principia"

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Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston

Event

William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged

Death

Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer

Birth

Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69

Death

Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer

Birth

John Paul Jones, naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight")

Birth

Coelestin Jungbauer, composer

Birth

John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized

Birth

Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34

Death

Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76

Death

Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78

Death

Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish

Event

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer

Birth

Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent

Event

Dec of Ind announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette"

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British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans

Event

British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies)

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