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Historical Event(s)
– Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
– Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I.
– The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
– Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
– The synagogue of Yehudah he-Hasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
Who Were Born On ?
– Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
– Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
– Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)
– Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
– Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
– Gilbert White, English ornithologist (d. 1793)
– Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
– Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
– John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772)
– Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)