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1726  Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier.   

1727  George I is recorded as becoming the new King of England   

1740  Luigi Gatti, composer   

1742  Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove.   

1764  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74.   

1766  Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73   

1770  Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef.   

1770  Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia   

1774  Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army   

1775  Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67   

1776  John Constable, English painter is born.   

1776  Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence   

1776  John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)   

1788  inaugural British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC.   

1788  1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC.   

1793  1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick   

1798  Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta   

1807  James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882.   

1808  Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882   

1808  Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83   

1811  Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82   

1816  Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded.   

1816  Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890.   

1822  Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889.   

1823  James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1825  The inaugural cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.   

1825  Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54.   

1828  Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74.   

1829  Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic).   

1837  The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans   

1838  Iowa Territory is organized.   

1840  Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser   

1842  Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician.   

1847  Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement).   

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1403  John iv: Duke of brabant   

1456  Anne neville: Wife of richard iii of england   

1540  Barnabe googe: English poet   

1572  Ben jonson: England, playwright/poet (volpone, alchemist)   

1588  George wither: English writer   

1672  Francesco antonio bonporti: Composer   

1696  Francis edward james keith: Scottish soldier and prussian field marshal   

1697  Francesco a vallotti: Italian organist/composer/theorist   

0323  Death of Alexander the great: Son of philip ii of macedon (b. 356 bc) (or the 10th june)   

1183  Henry the young king: Son of henry ii of england (b. 1155)   

1216  Hendrik of constantinople: Emperor of constantinople (1206-16),   

1249  Death of Adelheid van schaarbeek: Flemish mystic/saint,   

1479  Johannes a san facundo: Spanish augustine saint,   

1488  Death of James iii: King of scotland,   

1557  King john iii of portugal: King john iii of portugal (b. 1502)   

1560  Death of Marie guise: French wife of king jacobus v of scotland,