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Historical Event(s)
– In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
– The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, enters into force in Great Britain.
– War of the Spanish Succession: a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
– Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
Who Were Born On ?
– Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771)
– Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
– James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1776)
– Thomas Reid, British philosopher (d. 1796)
– Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
– King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
– James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
– Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
– Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
– Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)