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1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75.   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer.   

1732  George Colman, "the Elder.   

1738  Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid   

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant.   

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer.   

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer   

1775  American colonial patriot Paul Revere made his famous ride from Lexington to Concord, Massachusetts, warning the American people that the British “redcoats” had landed and will soon arrive   

1775  At about 10 p.m., three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. The famous poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, glorified the Bostonian as the lone rider. He was, in fact, accompanied by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. Only Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Revere was nabbed by a British cavalry patrol near Lexington, MA (Dawes and Prescott escaped)   

1775  Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "the British are coming!".   

1775  Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!".   

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer.   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

1797  France and Austria signs cease fire   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France.   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84.   

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)   

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer.   

1809  1st run of 2000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England   

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe).   

1818  Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59.   

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72.   

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62.   

1831  In this year, Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper   

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia.   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt   

1838  Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice).   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer.   

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77   

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1480  Lucretia borgia: Murderess (poison)/daughter (pope alexander vi)   

1521  Francois de coligny: Ruler of van andelot, french general (jarnac)   

1580  Thomas middleton: English playwright (game of chess)   

1590  Ahmed i: 14th sultan of turkey (1603-17)   

1590  Ahmed i: Ottoman emperor   

1605  Giacomo carissimi: Composer   

1729  Gaetano b vestris: Italian/french ballet dancer   

1732  George colman: "the elder   

0680  Mu'awijja: Kalief of al-schaam,   

1161  Theobald of bec: Archbishop of canterbury   

1504  Death of Filippino lippi: Painter,   

1530  Francois lambert d'avignon: French church reformer,   

1552  John leland: Antiquary,   

1556  Death of Luigi alamanni: Italian poet (flora, antigone),   

1558  Roxelana: Wife of suleiman the magnificent   

1567  Death of Wilhelm von grumbach: German military man,