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Historical Event(s)
– French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
– Indian Wars: Pontiac’s Rebellion begins – Chief Pontiac begins the “Conspiracy of Pontiac” by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
– Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
– Pontiac’s Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison’s attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
– A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary.
– Pontiac’s War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac’s Indians at Bushy Run.
– Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy’s plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
– George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
– Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
Who Were Born On ?
– Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
– Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854)
– William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
– Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
– Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
– Manuel Alberti, Argentine priest and head of state (d. 1811)
– Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
– John Jacob Astor, American businessman (d. 1848)
– Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)
– Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)