January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.
December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Day of marriage September 18, 1729
The temperature on September 18, 1729 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
Day of death January 4, 1780
The temperature on January 4, 1780 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
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