Aug 05   inaugural Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters Sab Francisco Bay.   

Aug 06   Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72.   

Aug 06   Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France.   

Aug 17   Philippe Libon, composer.   

Aug 22   King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion   

Aug 25   Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal (Court in Rio de Janeiro)   

Aug 28   Sophie Gail, composer.   

Aug 31   Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer   

Sep 07   Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer, dies at 48.   

Sep 13   Gotthold Lessing's "Die Juden," premieres in Frankfurt-am-Main.   

Sep 18   Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies.   

Sep 25   American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured   

Oct 08   Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army   

Oct 13   Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet   

Oct 14   Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57   

Oct 15   Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer   

Oct 16   Portland, Maine burned by British   

Oct 18   African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery   

Oct 21   Guiseppi Baini, composer.   

Oct 23   Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

Oct 27   Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer   

Oct 27   US Navy established.   

Oct 30   1st navy in US forms.   

Oct 30   Congress authorizes four vessels for the defense of the United Colonies.   

Nov 07   Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army.   

Nov 10   Congress forms US Marine Corps   

Nov 10   The United States Marines are organized.   

Nov 10   United States Marine Corps founded.   

Nov 12   General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks.   

Nov 13   American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal   

Nov 14   -15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces.   

Nov 15   Georges-Julien Sieber, composer   

Nov 16   Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28.   

Nov 21   John Hill, British writer.   

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Jan 20   André-marie ampère: French physicist    

Jan 21   Manuel garcia: Composer   

Jan 27   Friedrich von schelling: Germany, philosopher (views on christianity)   

Jan 27   Manuel del popolo vicente rodriguez garcia: Spanish tenor/composer   

Jan 28   Peter the great: Russia   

Jan 30   Walter savage landor: Warwick, critic/writer (imaginary conversation)   

Feb 05   Margaretha j de neufville: Author (small pligten)   

Feb 09   Farkas/wolfgang bolyai: Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)   

Jan 08   John baskerville: English printer/type designer,    

Jan 10   Jemeljan pugatshov: Russian kosak leader/"czar peter iii",    

Jan 11   Yemelyan pugachov: Don cossack rebel, executed by tsarist russia   

Jan 15   Giovanni battista sammartini: Composer,   

Feb 05   Eusebius amort: German catholic theologian (b. 1692)   

Feb 06   William dowdeswell: English politician (b. 1721)   

Feb 15   Peter dens: Flemish catholic theologian (b. 1690)   

Jun 11   Egidio romoaldo duni: Italian composer,