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1676 - Birth of John Weldon composer.

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1679 - Birth of Girolamo Chiti composer.

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1686 - Birth of Hakuin Ekakuborn Japan, Zen Buddhist.

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1692 - John Commelin director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at age 62.

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1714 - Richard Steele publishes "The Crisis", defending Hanoverian success.

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1729 - William Congreve English dramatist (Love for Love), dies in London at age 58.

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1736 - Birth of James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine).

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1736 - Birth of Laurens P van de Spiegel Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95.

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1737 - Birth of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre French writer (Paul et Virgin).

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1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling.

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