Event:
1777 At the Battle of Ridgefield, American Generals David Wooster and Benedict Arnold attempts to hold off the British. During the Battle General Wooster is wounded and will die five days later.
Celebrated Birth:
Edward Gibbon (b. 1737 (OS) – January 16, 1794) an English historian who published, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, between 1776 and 1788.
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