Births on July 20

Antoine Destutt de Tracy

Born on July 20, 1754

Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic (d. 1836)

Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy (French: [dɛstyt də tʁasi]; 20 July 1754 – 9 March 1836) was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology".

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Events on 1754

28 May

Battle of Jumonville Glen
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
3 Jul

Battle of Fort Necessity
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.