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Historical Event(s)
– Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
– Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
– American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
– American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
– American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
– American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
– The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.
– Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (d. 1836)
– Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838)
– Patrick Bronte, Anglo-Irish writer, curate, and father of the Bronte sisters
– David Daniel Davis, British physician (d. 1841)
– Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
– Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849)
– Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
– Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier (d. 1836)
– Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)