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Historical Event(s)
– The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
– Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
Who Were Born On ?
– Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (d. 1740)
– Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
– James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
– Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (d. 1771)
– David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
– Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (d. 1765)
– Roger Sherman, American statesman and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
– John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
– George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
– Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)