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Wikipedia.
Events:
March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that
would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
May 16 - 14-year old
Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who
later becomes Louis XVI King of France).
Births:
January 7 -
Maatje Adriaanse Kip.
March 20 -
Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist.
April 7 -
William Wordsworth, English poet (+ 1850).
May 22 -
Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, third daughter of King George III.
August 3 - King
Frederick William III of Prussia.
September 12 -
Johannes van den Houten.
October 7 -
Kornelis van den Houten.
Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer.
Georg Hegel, German philosopher.
Baptized:
November 18 -
Cornelis Vreeswijk.
December 26 -
Janna van der Schelde.
Deaths:
August 24 -
Thomas Chatterton, English poet (born 1752).
October 8 - 1.
Elisabeth van den Houten.
October 18 -
John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (born 1721).
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian artist (born 1696).
Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (born 1692).
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