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Historical Event(s)
– The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
– Ships from British Admiral Hovenden Walker’s Quebec Expedition founders on rocks at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.
Who Were Born On ?
– Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
– David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776)
– Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
– Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)
– Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780)
– William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
– Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
– Timothy Ruggles, American politician (d. 1795)
– Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)
– Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)