March 24 » Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
Day of marriage November 10, 1759
The temperature on November 10, 1759 was about 10.0 °C. There was 114 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
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