Events

• January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
• June 17 - French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed
• June 21 - In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.
• June 30 - Russian troops take Gdańsk (German:Danzig) which had been besieged since October 1733. Gdańsk is captured after the failure of a French expedition to relieve the city

January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in England. ... Ariodante is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Philippsburg is a small town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Well-being through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... Marie-Joseph Angélique (died June 21, 1734) was the name given by the French authorities to a Portuguese-born black slave in New France (later Quebec, Canada). ... The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg was a famous torture device Torture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. ... Hanging to Music. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ...

Births

• May 23 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian physician (d. 1815)
• September 3 - Joseph Wright, British painter (d. 1797)
• October 7 - Sir Ralph Abercromby, British general (d. 1801)
• November 2 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (d. 1820)
• December 15 - George Romney, English painter (d. 1802)

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Franz Anton Mesmer. ... 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... Joseph Wright (September 3, 1734 - August 29, 1797), styled Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... Sir Ralph Abercromby (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (October 7, 1734 - March 28, 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734-September 26, 1820), was a famous United States pioneer and frontiersman who blazed the Wilderness Road and founded Boonesborough, Kentucky (also known as Boonesboro). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Romney (26 December 1734- 15 November 1802) was a noted English portrait painter. ... 1802 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Deaths

• January 6 - John Dennis, English critic and dramatist (b. 1657)
• February 1 - John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
• February 1 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657)
• March 1 - Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653)
• March 21 - Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
• May 4 - James Thornhill, English painter
• May 24 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• June 12 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II of England and French military commander (b. 1670)
• June 17 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (b. 1653)
• June 21 - Marie-Joseph Angélique, African slave
• July 22 - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
• November 14 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649)
• December 28 - Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish clan chief (b. 1671)