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Historical Event(s)
– In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
– The British Museum opens.
– Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
– General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
– French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
– Seven Years’ War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
– Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British defeat French near Quebec City in the Seven Years’ War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
– The British capture Quebec City.
– An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
– Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Who Were Born On ?
– François Devienne, French composer (d. 1803)
– Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
– Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
– Mary Wollstonecraft, English author and feminist (d. 1797)
– William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
– Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)
– Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
– Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Primera Junta and the Junta Grande, first patriotic governments of Argentina (d. 1829)
– William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
– Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (d. 1815)