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1736
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As of the start of 1736, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden, january 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor marries Maria Theresa of Austria, april – The Genbun era begins in Japan. The era of Kyōhō Reforms ends, march 8 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran. April 14 – The Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, may 8 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. May 26 – Battle of Ackia, British and Chickasaw Native Americans defeat French troops, june 8 – Leonhard Euler writes to James Stirling describing the Euler–Maclaurin formula, providing a connection between integrals and calculus. June 19 – French Academy of Sciences expedition led by Pierre Louis Maupertuis, with Anders Celsius, july – Russo-Turkish War, Russian forces under Peter Lacy storm the Ottoman fortress of Azov. September 7 – An Edinburgh crowd drags John Porteous out of his cell in Tolbooth Prison, december 7 – Benjamin Franklin builds the first volunteer fire company in Philadelphia. December 26 - Andrew Michael Ramsay gave an oration in which he related the heritage, neustrelitz becomes the capital of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain, a fire in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg burns 2000 houses. Fifty-three houses in the English town of Stony Stratford are consumed by fire, one of the earliest records of use of a bathing machine is made at Scarborough in England. Charles Marie de La Condamine, with François Fresneau Gataudière, makes the first scientific observations of rubber, Leonhard Euler produces the first published proof of Fermats little theorem. Sir Isaac Newtons Method of Fluxions, describing his method of differential calculus, is first published, muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab writes the Kitab at-tawhidt, marking the beginning of Wahhabism. The Haidamakas raid the shtetl of Pavoloch, killing 35
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William Abbotts
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William Abbotts was one of the founding fathers of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, UK. Although already an important landowner in the village it was on 14 January 1784 that Abbotts made the discovery that he would be remembered for. That year however Abbotts and his friend Benjamin Satchwell found a spring on Abbotts land. In the manner of the time its supposed medicinal qualities were used to make money from the leisured classes, Abbotts Original Baths, the first commercial baths in the town, were opened in 1786. After Satchwell and Abbotts spring was found several wells were bored, Leamington quickly grew into on the most fashionable spa resorts of the 19th century, a process which turned it from a sleepy village to a thriving town. Abbotts and his wife ran at least two pubs in the town The Black Dog and The New Inn, Abbotts had at least one daughter who was born in 1765 or 1766. After his death in 1805 he buried in the Leamington parish church, All Saints, Abbotts Street in the town is, unsurprisingly, named after him and is located close to the site of the original Leamington spring
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Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet
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Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet was commander of the naval forces of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and prime minister of Naples under Ferdinand IV. He was the son of Edward Acton, a physician at Besançon and he served under his uncle in the navy of Tuscany, and commanded the Tuscan frigates in the Spanish led Invasion of Algiers. Had not Mr. Acton, the Tuscan commander, cut his cables, the incessant fire of his great guns, loaded with grape-shot, not only stopt them in their career, but obliged them to retire with great loss. The ability displayed by him in this led to his rapid advancement and he became commander-in-chief of both the army and the navy of the Kingdom of Naples, minister of finance, and finally prime minister. In 1791, Acton succeeded to the title and estates in 1791, on the death of his cousin once removed, Sir Richard Acton of Aldenham Park. His policy was devised in concert with the English ambassador, Sir William Hamilton, such policy consequently involved open opposition to France and the French party in Italy. In no degree, however, were the interests of Naples promoted by the vainglorious policy thus inaugurated, when, five months afterwards, the king was restored with the help of a Calabrian army, called the Sanfedisti, led by Cardinal Ruffo. Shortly afterwards the minister was recalled, but when the French entered Naples in 1806 and he died at Palermo,12 August 1811, and was buried in the church of Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi. He married his niece Mary Ann, the eldest daughter of his brother, Mary Ann was only thirteen, and papal dispensation was required for the marriage, which appears to have been done to keep control of the familys wealth. They had three children, Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton Cardinal Acton Elizabeth Acton married Sir Robert Throckmorton, the elder son, Sir Ferdinand, being the father of the first Baron Acton. This article incorporates text from a now in the public domain, Henderson
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Akali Naina Singh
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Akali Naina Singh was a Nihang warrior and fifth Jathedar of Budha Dal. He was born around 1736, into a Sidhu family, in Khudi Kurd and he learned Gurbani and martial skills from Baba Deep Singh. He joined Budha Dal at the age of 20, along with his nephew Nihang Kharag Singh and he was guardian of Akali Phula Singh and trained him with scriptures, warfare and martial arts. He is credited for introducing tall pyramidal turban, which is common among the Nihangs and he was against treaty of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and British and dislike living style of Ranjit Singh which appears to him anti-Sikh
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was an Austrian musician and composer. Albrechtsberger was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna and he originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age. Albrechtsbergers earliest classmates included Michael Haydn and Franz Joseph Aumann, after being employed as organist at Raab in 1755 and Maria Taferl in 1757, he was appointed Thurnermeister back at Melk Abbey. In 1772 he was appointed organist to the court of Vienna and his fame as a theorist attracted to him in the Austrian capital a large number of pupils, some of whom afterwards became eminent musicians. See, List of music students by teacher, A to B#Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Beethoven had arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study with Joseph Haydn but quickly became infuriated when his work was not being given attention or corrected. Haydn recommended his friend Albrechtsberger, with whom Beethoven then studied harmony, on completion of his studies, the young student noted, Patience, diligence, persistence, and sincerity will lead to success, which reflects upon Albrechtsbergers own compositional philosophy. When Beethoven was finished studying with Albrechtsberger he decided to get a few more tips and pointers, so to speak, from there Beethoven possibly studied with Antonio Salieri, but this is unknown as a fact. It is also possible that Beethoven went off on his own to make a living. Albrechtsberger died in Vienna, his grave is in St. Marx cemetery and they are in the library of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. Around 1765, he wrote at least seven concerti for jaw harp and they are pleasant, well written works in the galant style. One of his most notable works is his Concerto for Alto Trombone, as the trombone has few works dating back to the classical period, his concerto is often highlighted by the trombone community. He also wrote a Concerto for the Mandola, Op.27, written positively about in the 1914 book The Guitar, probably the most valuable service he rendered to music was in his theoretical works. In 1790 he published at Leipzig a treatise on composition, of which an edition appeared in 1821. A collection of his writings on harmony, in three volumes, was published under the care of his pupil Ignaz von Seyfried in 1826, an English version of this was published by Novello in 1855. His compositional style derives from Johann Joseph Fuxs counterpoint, who was Kapellmeister at St Stephens Cathedral 1713-1741 and this article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, Chisholm, Hugh, ed. Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg
