Georg Friedrich H„ndel completes oratorio "Jephtha"

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Battle at Gross J„gerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]

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Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer

Birth

Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer

Birth

Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader

Birth

US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC

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French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)

Birth

Bataafse fleet surrender to English

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Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]

Birth

Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist

Birth

Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83

Death

Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer

Birth

Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies

Death

Thomas Gautier, writer

Birth

George Frederick Root, composer

Birth

Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67

Death

Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle

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Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)

Birth

Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer

Birth

1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)

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Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)

Birth

Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies

Death

Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher

Birth

Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city

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