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1732  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

1733  The inaugural polar bear exhibited in America (Boston).   

1733  1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer.   

1760  Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62.   

1769  Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan   

1777  San Jose CA founded   

1777  San Jose California, founded.   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands.   

1778  Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1778  HMS Supply, inaugural ship of Britain's "inaugural Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney).   

1778  Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1779  Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus is born.   

1779  Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard).   

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer.   

1788  The inaugural elements of the inaugural Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony   

1793  William Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance   

1795  Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England.   

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I   

1809  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1813  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire).   

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1817  San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  San Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  Jacques Gregoir, composer   

1818  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist.   

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884.   

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge).   

1831  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899.   

1835  Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer   

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, inaugural US electrical journal, appears   

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

1840  Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer.   

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0885  Daigo: Emperor of japan   

1519  Isabella jagieÅ‚Å‚o: Queen of hungary   

1543  Alfonso ferrabosco: Composer   

1641  Francois michel le tellier: French statesman (marquis de louvois)   

1657  Hendrik casimir ii: Dutch fieldmarshal (nassau)   

1672  Antoine houdar de la motte: French writer   

1685  Tiberius hemsterhuis: Dutch classical prof, baptized   

1688  Lionel sackville: 1st duke of dorset, lord lieutenant of ireland   

0052  Publius clodius pulcher: Publius clodius pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 bc)   

0474  Leo i: Byzantine emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Death of Pedro i: King of portugal (1357-67),   

1425  Death of Edmund de mortimer: 5th earl of march, english politician (b. 1391)   

1471  Emperor go-hanazono of japan: Emperor go-hanazono of japan (b. 1419)   

1479  Louis ix: The rich, duke of bayern (u of ingolstadt),   

1580  Death of Antonio scandello: Italian composer (passion of john),   

1586  Death of Margaret of austria: Regent of the netherlands (b. 1522)