The temperature on September 26, 1742 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
Day of marriage May 17, 1767
The temperature on May 17, 1767 was about 12.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: regen donker. Source: KNMI
June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
Day of death October 9, 1780
The temperature on October 9, 1780 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
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.
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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