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1778  Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83.   

1779  John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis'   

1779  John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis   

1780  British MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY   

1780  Brit Maj John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt.   

1780  John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29   

1782  Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer   

1791  Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet)   

1795  Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris.   

1797  Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57.   

1800  William H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers).   

1803  The Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, inaugural marquis Wellesley.   

1803  Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army   

1804  David Van de Kellen, coin engraver   

1805  Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist   

1806  The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration.   

1806  Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest.   

1816  Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887.   

1817  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer   

1818  Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed.   

1820  Thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers).   

1821  Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks.   

1830  Dutch troops occupy Brussels   

1835  HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago   

1835  Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33   

1837  Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80.   

1838  Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer   

1842  Karl Munzinger, composer.   

1845  inaugural baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code   

1845  1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code.   

1846  Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune   

1846  Neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle   

1847  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65).   

1849  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

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1158  Geoffrey ii: Duke of brittany   

1161  Emperor takakura of japan: Emperor takakura of japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai khan of the mongol empire: Kublai khan of the mongol empire (d. 1294)   

1434  Yolande of valois: Duchess of savoy   

1555  Louise de coligny: French 4th wife of willem of orange   

1591  Michael lohr: Composer   

1596  Joan blaeu: Cartographer/publisher   

1598  Eleonore gonzaga: Wife of ferdinand ii, holy roman emperor   

0079  Death of Pope linus: Pope linus   

0775  Death of Constantine v copronymus: Emperor of byzantium (720-75),   

0918  Koenraad i: German duke/king (911-18),   

0965  Aboe a-taia-h al-moetanabbi: Arabic royal poet (diwan), murdered   

1241  Snorri sturluson: Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  John i: Duke of lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Death of Catherine of saxe-lauenburg: Queen of gustav i of sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  Philippus a paracelsus: Swiss physician/alchemist,