Event of Interest
Mar 5 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
William Shakespeare
- May 2 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua
- May 17 -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem
- May 23 Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo" premieres in Mantua
- Jul 5 Slave revolt on Curacao
- Jul 11 Halifax, Nova Scotia, is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- Aug 7 Slave uprising on Curacao
- Sep 5 Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
- Oct 5 Carlo Goldoni's "Il Teatro Comico" premieres in Venice
- Nov 11 The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the first college fraternity.
- Dec 1 First school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland
Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
- Jan 10 Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
- Jan 24 Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician, patriot, and journalist
- Jan 31 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)
- Feb 28 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
- Mar 5 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
- Mar 16 Caroline Herschel, German astronomer, (comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1848)
- Mar 20 Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
- Mar 28 Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1816)
- Apr 17 François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure, born in Saffais, France (d. 1828)
- Apr 24 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1840)
- May 2 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, born in London (d. 1780)
- May 20 Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during War of 1812
- Jun 21 Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French artist, born in Le Havre, France (d. 1818)
- Jun 23 Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
- Jul 25 Henry Knox, American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay (d. 1806)
- Jul 28 Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)
- Aug 24 Letizia Ramolino, Italian noble and mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, born in Ajaccio, France (d. 1836)
- Sep 5 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scottish poems), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1774)
- Sep 18 Tomás de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias), born in La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands of Spain (d. 1791)
- Sep 26 Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
- Oct 31 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, born in São Jorge de Arroios, Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1839)
- Nov 7 Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet, lawyer and translator, born in Bad Bramstedt, Germany (d. 1819)
- Nov 20 Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
- Dec 10 Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)
- Dec 23 Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Apr 4 Statesman George Mason (24) weds Ann Eilbeck (16)
George Mason
Deaths in History
- Jan 16 Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
- Jan 22 Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
- Jan 26 Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- Feb 8 Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
- Mar 7 Cornelis Troost, Dutch portrait painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
- May 3 John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
- May 28 Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
- Jun 15 Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
- Jul 15 Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
- Jul 31 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
- Aug 12 Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
- Nov 1 Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45
- Nov 20 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
- Dec 1 Doppelmayr, mathematician