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1758  British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg.   

1759  French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY   

1760  Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie   

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65   

1775  The Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.   

1775  United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes).   

1788  New York is recorded as becoming 11th state to ratify constitution.   

1788  New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.   

1788  NY is recorded as becoming 11th state to ratify constitution   

1790  US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts.   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM.   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes).   

1799  Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings.   

1801  John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867   

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86.   

1802  Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician.   

1803  The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's inaugural public railway, opens in south London   

1805  Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26000 die   

1805  Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)   

1812  Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander   

1820  John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864.   

1822  Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin.   

1826  Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews   

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82.   

1829  August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909).   

1832  HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo.   

1835  The inaugural sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.   

1835  1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.   

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45   

1842  Alfred Marshall, London, economist   

1847  Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society   

1847  Liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, is recorded as becoming the inaugural African colony to become an independent state.   

1848  The inaugural Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY).   

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1030  Stanislaus of szczepanów: St. stanislaw   

1467  Ferdinand ii: King of naples   

1678  Joseph i habsburg: German king/roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  Johann samuel endler: Composer   

1739  George clinton: Ny, (d-r) 4th vp (1805-12)   

1782  John field: Dublin ireland, pianist/composer (nocturnes)   

1791  Franz xaver wolfgang mozart: 6th child of austrian composer wam   

1796  George catlin: Us, author/painter (american indian scenes)   

0796  Offa: King of mercia (75.-796)   

0811  Death of Nicephorus i: Byzantine emperor (802-11),   

1342  Charles i robert van anjou: King of hungary (1307-42),   

1380  Death of Emperor komyo of japan: Emperor komyo of japan (b. 1322)   

1471  Paul ii: [pietro barbo], italian pope (1464-71),   

1533  Death of Atahualpo: Inca ruler,   

1541  Francisco pizarro: Spanish explorer, murdered in lima   

1592  Death of Armand de gontaut: Baron de biron, french soldier (b. 1524)