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1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden   

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)   

1715  Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina.   

1716  Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1729  Johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig   

1738  Bottle opener invented.   

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington).   

1755  Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London   

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer.   

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies   

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53   

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic   

1776  Duchess of Kingston are discovered guilty of bigamy.   

1784  1st balloon flight in Ireland.   

1788  England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty.   

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77.   

1793  Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note.   

1793  Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof.   

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic).   

1802  William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep).   

1817  1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn).   

1820  Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902.   

1821  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894.   

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

1827  Julius Tausch, composer.   

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1452  Leonardo da vinci: Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

1469  Nanak: 1st guru of sikhs   

1489  Sinan: Ottoman architect   

1552  Pietro cataldi: Italian mathematician   

1588  Claudius salmasius: [claude saumaise], french linguist   

1637  Valentin molitor: Composer   

1641  Robert sibbald: Scottish physician   

1646  Pierre poiret: French mystic   

1053  Death of Godwin: Earl of wessex   

1220  Adolf i: Archbishop of cologne,   

1415  Death of Manuel chrysoloras: Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  Leon b alberti: Italian humanist/architect (philodoxis),   

1502  Jan iv chalon: Prince of orange,   

1605  Boris godunov: Tsar of russia (1598-1605),   

1607  Cornelius kilianus: Flemish translator/poet,   

1610  Johan van duivenoorde: Mister of warmond,