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Historical Event(s)
– The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
– The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
– First performance of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
– King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
– Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
– Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist (d. 1803)
– King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
– Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
– Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
– William Blount, American statesman (d. 1800)
– Levi Lincoln, Sr., American statesman (d. 1820)
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
– Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch convicted bookseller(d. 1816)
– Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (d. 1801)