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Historical Event(s)
– The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
– Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap’s molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
Who Were Born On ?
– Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist (d. 1805)
– Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (d. 1799)
– Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
– James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
– Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Spanish-born Dauphine of France (d. 1746)
– Thomas Pennant, British naturalist (d. 1798)
– James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
– François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
– Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (d. 1813)
– Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)