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Historical Event(s)
– Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
– James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
– War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
– Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
– American Revolutionary War: light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
– American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
– American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships.
– American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
– The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
– American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
Who Were Born On ?
– Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
– Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
– Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
– William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
– Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
– Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
– Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
– Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
– Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)
– Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)