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Historical Event(s)
– Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
– Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
– The “Great Fire” of Boston, Massachusetts, destroys 349 buildings.
– Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.
– Seven Years’ War: Battle of Landeshut – Austria defeats Prussia.
– French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
– Seven Years’ War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great’s victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
– Seven Years’ War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
– George III becomes King of Great Britain.
Who Were Born On ?
– François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
– Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
– Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
– Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
– Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
– Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
– Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
– Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
– Joseph Plumb Martin, Soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (d. 1850)
– John Breckinridge, American politician and 5th United States Attorney General (d. 1806)