1668. Vincent Wing died; a famous English astronomer and astrologer, who published The Celestial Harmony of the Visible World, and other works.
1736. John Bernardi died in Newgate prison, England, aged 79. He had been confined there 40 years on a false charge of plotting the assassination of William III.
1740. Charles VI died; sixteenth and last emperor of Germany of the house of Austria, in the male line; he was succeeded by his daughter Maria Theresa.
1746. The Young Pretender, Charles Edward, having been completely defeated at Culloden, embarked for France at Lochmannoch, in a privateer of St. Malo, and arrived safe. His followers were less fortunate.
1759. Julian le Roy, a distinguished French mechanic, died. His watches acquired great celebrity.
1761. Auto-da-fé at Lisbon; there were 54 criminals, 3 of them in effigy.
1770. Captain Phipps returned to London from his voyage to the polar seas, being stopped by ice, latitude 81° 30´ north.
1783. Captain Turner, the traveler, was received at Jikadze, the capital of the lama of Thibet.
1791. Louis XVI, for the first time after his return from Varennes, repaired to the hall of the national assembly, in order to give his adhesion, viva voce, to the new constitution.
1792. Battle of Valmy, between the French and allies. It is stated that although more than 40,000 cannon shot were fired in this engagement, not more than 400 men were killed.