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1752  Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later   

1752  Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer.   

1758  Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54.   

1765  Stamp Act passed inaugural direct British tax on colonists.   

1765  Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists   

1765  Stamp Act passed: inaugural direct British tax on colonists   

1767  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance.   

1771  Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)   

1774  A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

1775  Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament.   

1777  John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77   

1778  Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it!.   

1778  Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state.   

1784  The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.   

1790  Thomas Jefferson is recorded as becoming the inaugural US Secretary of State   

1790  Thomas Jefferson is recorded as becoming the 1st US Secretary of State.   

1794  Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries   

1796  Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68   

1797  Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)   

1798  Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51.   

1799  F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324188 stars.   

1803  Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer.   

1809  Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne   

1813  Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886.   

1814  Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood).   

1817  Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876   

1819  William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888.   

1820  Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41.   

1822  Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna.   

1822  New York Horticultural Society founded   

1822  Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice.   

1824  William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army).   

1824  Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76   

1829  The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.   

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0841  Bernard plantapilosa: Count of auvergne   

1212  Emperor go-horikawa of japan: Emperor go-horikawa of japan (d. 1235)   

1366  Thomas de mowbray: 1st duke of norfolk, english politician   

1459  Maximilian i of habsburg: German emperor/archduke of austria   

1503  Antonio francesco grazzini: Italian writer   

1599  Anthony van dyck: Flemish painter (charles i of england)   

1609  John ii casimir vasa: Cardinal/king of poland (1648-68)   

1663  August hermann francke: German protestant minister   

0337  Constantine: Emperor of rome,   

1322  Death of Thomas: 2nd earl of lancaster, english politician (b. 1278)   

1418  Dietrich of nieheim: German historian   

1421  Thomas of lancaster: 1st duke of clarence, second son of henry iv of england (killed in battle) (b. 1388)   

1471  Death of George van podiebrad: King of bohemia (1458-71),   

1544  Johannes magnus: Last catholic archbishop of sweden (b. 1488)   

1589  Death of Lodovico guicciardini: Ital historian,   

1602  Death of Agostino carracci: Italian artist (b. 1557)