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1782 - Charleston South Carolina evacuated by British.

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1782 - The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts on its very first test flight.

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1783 - Birth of Johann Christoph Kienlen composer.

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1788 - Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach German composer, dies at age 74.

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1788 - Carlos III King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at age 72.

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1789 - Birth of Maria Agata Szymanowska composer.

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1793 - First state road authorized, Frankfort Kentucky to Cincinnati Ohio.

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1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine.

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1799 - George Washington, first President USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon Virginia, at age 67.

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1812 - Birth of Charles J Canning English earl/first viceroy of British-Indies.

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