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1719  Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47   

1725  Joseph Anton Bauer, composer.   

1734  French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine   

1734  Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle   

1742  William Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence).   

1745  American colonials capture the French fort Louisburg on Cape Breton Island.   

1745  American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French.   

1750  Michel Woldemar, composer.   

1756  Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public   

1773  Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.   

1775  Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill).   

1789  3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly   

1797  Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed.   

1810  F Freiligrath, writer.   

1811  Jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends   

1815  Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda.   

1815  Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle.   

1817  Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906.   

1818  Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust).   

1823  The waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh.   

1823  John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903.   

1824  Bureau of Indian Affairs established.   

1828  Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian.   

1830  Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913.   

1832  William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium)   

1833  USS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the inaugural warship to enter a public drydock in the United States.   

1837  Charles Goodyear obtains his inaugural rubber patent   

1837  Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent   

1837  Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863   

1838  Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)   

1839  In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result   

1845  Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker.   

1850  Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)   

1855  Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

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1239  Edward i: King of england (1272-1307)/chased jews out of england   

1603  Joseph of cupertino: Italian saint   

1604  Johan maurits: Count of nassau-siegen (maurits house)   

1682  Charles xii: King of sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni paolo pannini: Italian painter and architect   

1693  Johann georg walch: German theologian   

1703  John b wesley: England, religion co-founder (methodists)   

1704  John kay: English inventor   

0656  Osman ibn affan: 3rd kalief of islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Death of Adeodatus ii: Italian pope (672-76),   

0855  Death of Leo iv: Italian pope (847-55),   

1091  Death of Dirk v: Count of holland (1061-91),   

1119  Boudouin vii with the axe: Earl of flanders (1111-19),   

1463  Princess catherine of portugal: Writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Death of Jan i olbracht: King of poland,   

1565  Death of Ashikaga yoshiteru: Japanese shogun (b. 1536)