France and Spain signs peace treaty

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Juan Jos‚ of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50

Death

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria

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Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter

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Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks

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Olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71

Death

Samuel Johnson, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide)

Birth

Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer

Birth

Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire)

Birth

Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army

Birth

Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees

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Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40

Death

Georg-August University opens in G”ttingen

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Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher

Birth

Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician

Birth

Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders

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Robert Wainwright, composer

Birth

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74

Death

John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society

Birth

Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope

Birth

Henri-Montan Berton, composer

Birth

Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50

Death

Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)

Birth

Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort

Event

1st treaty between the US and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)

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