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Historical Event(s)
– An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
– Father Junipero Serra founds California’s first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego.
– Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay.
– Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.
– Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844)
– Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
– Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851)
– Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835)
– Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
– Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
– Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
– Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
– John Shortland, English naval officer (d. 1810)
– Sir Isaac Brock, British soldier (d. 1812)