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Historical Event(s)
– In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
– Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opened his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
– William Herschel discovers Uranus.
– American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
– The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
– George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia after the Siege of Yorktown.
– Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
– The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
– American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt on HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
– Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
– Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1826)
– Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)
– Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
– Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
– Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (d. 1826)
– Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
– Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
– Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)