brother, defeats the Austrian army of Marshal Serbelloni. November 13 – In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Louis XV of France secretly cedes Louisiana (New France) to Charles III of Spain. December 4 – Less than six months after becoming Russia's Empress, Catherine the Great announces that almost all foreigners are welcome to travel to and settle in Russia, and waives previous requirements that new residents must be members of the Russian Orthodox Church; however, the manifesto adds the phrase - "except the Jews". December 22 – Catherine follows the waiver of religious requirement for Russian immigration with a 190-word invitation, translated into various European languages, that invites Europeans to build settlements along arable, but undeveloped, land in southern Russia along the Volga River; when the invitation attracts little notice, she follows on July 22 with a longer manifesto promising free travel expenses and a written guarantee of rights. Date unknown Louis XV orders the construction of the Petit Trianon, in the park of the Palace of Versailles, for his mistress Madame de Pompadour. Neolin, a Lenape prophet, begins to preach in America. The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United Kingdom, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784. The town of Charlottesville, Virginia is founded. The Plymouth Synagogue is built in Plymouth, England, the oldest built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English-speaking world. Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract (Du Contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique) and Emile, or On Education (Émile, ou De l’éducation) are published in Amsterdam and The Hague respectively. In Rousseau's native Republic of Geneva they are publicly burned and prohibited in Paris. James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's architectural treatise Antiquities of Athens is published. Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya is finished by Paisius of Hilendar. Approximate date of the foundation of Zubarah on the northwestern shore of the Qatari Peninsula, by Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, who assumes the chieftainship of the city state and gains authority over the Arab tribes in the area. Births February 17 – John Cooke, English captain (d. 1805) April 29 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833) May 19 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814) June 5 – Bushrod Washington, American politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1829) August 12 King George IV