Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)

Event

Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer

Birth

1st steam engine arrives in US colonies

Event

William Bligh, nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty)

Birth

Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice (1807..42)

Birth

Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73

Death

Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62

Death

Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US"

Event

William Cranch Bond, US, astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion)

Birth

Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer, dies at 32

Death

William Radford, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890

Birth

Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, dies at 78

Death

John Singleton Copley, British painter, dies at 77

Death

Speed Smith Fry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892

Birth

Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College

Event

Paul Cuffe, civil rights activist (Sierre Leone), dies at 58

Death

Martin Luther Smith, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1866

Birth

Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention

Birth

Thomas John Lucas, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1908

Birth

Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)

Birth

Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina) [NS]

Birth

Charles Durant, 1st US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ

Event

Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer, dies at 39

Death

William MacRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1882

Birth

Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant)

Birth