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1726  Karl Kohaut, composer   

1740  Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon is born   

1740  Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning).   

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen).   

1745  England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty.   

1745  Francois Guichard, composer   

1748  The inaugural Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

1749  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer   

1770  Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42   

1778  The inaugural recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.   

1788  Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

1791  John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat.   

1794  French troops occupy Lock   

1811  Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

1813  Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)   

1813  Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63   

1819  Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria   

1820  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)   

1823  Wilhelm Troszel, composer.   

1825  Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian.   

1828  Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer.   

1832  Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96.   

1833  Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1839  The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.   

1842  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  Charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  George August Lumbye, composer   

1846  W A Bartlett appointed inaugural US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF).   

1846  Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres   

1847  Liberia is recorded as becoming an independent republic.   

1849  Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66   

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913).   

1858  inaugural news dispatch by telegraph   

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1469  Ferdinand ii of naples: Ferdinand ii of naples (d. 1496)   

1540  King magnus of livonia: King magnus of livonia (d. 1583)   

1596  Frederik v: King of bohemia (white mountain)   

1627  Thomas bullis: Composer   

1676  Robert walpole: (whig) british pm (1721-42) [ns=sept 5]   

1687  Willem the fesch: Dutch violinist/composer (joseph)   

1694  Elisha williams: American rector of yale college   

1726  Karl kohaut: Composer   

1278  Ottokar ii: King of bohemia (1253-78),   

1346  Death of Jan de blinde: King of bohemia/count of luxemburg,   

1349  Thomas bradwardine: Archbishop of canterbury   

1368  Engelbrecht van der mark: Prince-bishop of luik (1345-64),   

1486  Death of Ernst i: Ruler of saxon (1464-86),   

1518  Giberto x: Italian mister of correggio/husband of veronica gambara   

1551  Death of Margareta leijonhufvud: Queen of gustav i of sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Petrus ramus: French philosopher (b. 1515)