The temperature on April 6, 1749 was about 12.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Day of death January 23, 1776
The temperature on January 23, 1776 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
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