February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
Day of death November 9, 1759
The temperature on November 9, 1759 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
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