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By order of the Empress Elizabeth, a carefully revised Church Slavonic Bible, the so-called "Elizabethan", was published, the text of which was verified with the ancient Greek translation - the Septuagint. The Elizabethan Bible, almost unchanged, is still used by the Russian Orthodox Church.
King Adolf Frederick of Sweden ascended the throne (until 1,771).
The Prime Minister of Denmark was Count Johan Hertwig Ernst Barnstorf the Elder (1772-1712), who ruled the country until 1770. An outstanding statesman, but among other things he distributed a quarter of his income to the poor and freed his serfs (without land), which triggered the abolition of serfdom in Denmark.
The Afghans subdued the whole of the Punjab. In India, the Marathas are completely defeated by the French, who made Hyderabad their vassal. A small force of Sepoys and British captured the Carnatic capital Arket by surprise.
The reign of Pombal, the first minister (until 1777), began in Portugal. The Portuguese era of enlightened absolutism is associated with his name.
Matvei Ivanovich Platov, a Russian general, an associate of A.V. Suvorov, born. Since 1801, atman of the Don Cossack army, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812. Died in 1818.
Richard Sheridan, English playwright, is born. He died in 1816. His most famous work is the play "The School for Scandal", written in 1777. He was also noted for his scandalous double duel with a certain Captain Matthews, who insulted Sheridan's fiancée. He was a Member of Parliament from 1780 to 1812, which saved him from creditors. As soon as he was not re-elected, the creditors immediately defeated him. By the way, in the years 1806-1807. He served as treasurer of the navy. He died in utter poverty and solitude, but was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. The casket was carried in turn by the Lord Mayor of London and peers, and he received the highest honors, although the tombstone was erected much later, at the expense of one of his peers.