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1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur   

1711  Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence.   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer.   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

1751  Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer.   

1754  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined.   

1773  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher.   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1784  Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it   

1793  In France, the inaugural ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25   

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated   

1797  Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.   

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren.   

1818  The inaugural steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie   

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893.   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday.   

1821  Mexico declares independence.   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1829  Moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70.   

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888.   

1833  Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700000 slaves freed   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) inaugural graduating class   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class.   

1839  Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China   

1839  British capture Hong Kong from China.   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57.   

1850  In the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find inaugural trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island   

1850  1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass   

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0686  Charles martel: Grandfather of charlemagne   

1486  Siegmund freiherr von herberstein: Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois hotman/hotomanus: French lawyer/diplomat (anti-tribonien)   

1593  Fulvio testi: Italian poet (pianto d'italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw lubieniecki: Polish astronomer   

1724  Abraham yates: American continental congressman   

1727  Friedrich hartmann graf: Composer   

1740  Ivan vi: Emperor of russia 1740-41)   

0093  Gnaeus julius agricola: Roman governor of britain (b. 40)   

0634  Aboe bekr abd allah: [al-siddik], friend/successor of mohammed,   

1106  Death of Magnus: Duke of saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor rokujo of japan: Emperor rokujo of japan (b. 1164)   

1305  Death of William wallace: Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  Death of Nicolaas zannekin: Leader of rebel flemish farmers,   

1387  King olav iv of norway: King olav iv of norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Death of Jean molinet: Burgundy historian (chroniques),