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Historical Event(s)
– American Revolutionary War: 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne’s command rebel against the Continental Army’s winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
– In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
– American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
– The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
– The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
– The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
– George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia after the Siege of Yorktown.
– 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 ?
– John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British noble and officer (d. 1844)
– René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)
– Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)
– Ebenezer Elliott, British poet (d. 1849)
– Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
– George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer (d. 1848)
– Eugène de Beauharnais, French nobleman, son of Joséphine de Beauharnais and adoptive son of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1824)
– Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer, editor and music publisher (d. 1858)
– Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
– Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)