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1758 - Francis Williams, first US black college graduate, publishes poems.

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1764 - Johann Mattheson German composer/musicologist, dies at age 82.

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1774 - Birth of Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer.

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1788 - Birth of Joseph Gilbert Totten Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1864.

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1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American publisher (Poor Richard's Almanac), inventor, signer of early American documents, dies in Philadelphia at age 84.

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1793 - Battle of Warsaw.

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1797 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque Belgian composer/conductor.

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1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships.

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1809 - Birth of Philip Saint George Cocke Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1861.

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1811 - Birth of Ann Sheppard Mounsey composer.

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