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1758  Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54.   

1760  Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)   

1766  Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline).   

1770  Sophie Mereau, writer.   

1774  Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts   

1776  Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.   

1779  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer   

1791  Convicts Mary and William Bryant, their two children and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson Australia in open boat to Timor but are recaptured there.   

1794  Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)   

1795  Nootka Sound BC, the Spanish evacuate trading post at Friendly Cove to British   

1795  Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and is recorded as becoming part of Imperial Russia.   

1796  Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is inaugural US-African church   

1796  Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church   

1797  Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

1797  Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine.   

1799  New York State abolished slavery.   

1799  NY State abolished slavery.   

1799  Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)   

1799  Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55.   

1801  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66.   

1802  Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.   

1804  Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804   

1806  Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66)   

1809  Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin   

1817  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer   

1818  Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902.   

1818  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62.   

1834  Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of US   

1834  Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US.   

1837  Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud   

1840  Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria).   

1840  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89.   

1844  Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid.   

1845  Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US.   

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1468  Charles i: Duke of savoy   

1472  Fra bartolomeo: Monk, florentine renaissance painter   

1472  Fra bartolommeo: Italian artist   

1483  Raphael: Urbino italy, painter (school of athens)   

1515  Theresa of avila/teresa de jesus: Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  Albert the warlike: Prince of bayreuth   

1569  Ranuccio i farnese: Duke of parma   

1592  Jan amos komensky: [comenius] moravian educational reb03281603 stephan otto, composer   

0193  Publius helvius pertinax: Roman emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  Death of Guntram: French king in burgundy,   

1072  Ordulf: Duke of saxony   

1134  Death of Stefanus harding: 3rd abbott of côteaux/saint,   

1239  Emperor go-toba of japan: Emperor go-toba of japan (b. 1180)   

1285  Death of Martinus iv: [simon de brion], pope (1281-85),   

1563  Death of Heinrich glarean: Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  Death of Siegmund freiherr von herberstein: Austrian diplomat,