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Historical Event(s)
– War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
– Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
– Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
– Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
– George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
Who Were Born On ?
– Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801)
– Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (d. 1794)
– Samuel Chase, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1811)
– Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, Italian general in the French Revolution (d.1808)
– Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
– Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)
– Jean Paul Egide Martini, French composer (d. 1816)
– Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
– Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
– Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)