June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Day of marriage May 13, 1764
The temperature on May 13, 1764 was about 13.0 °C. There was 154 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Day of death May 7, 1782
The temperature on May 7, 1782 was about 3.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
Day of burial May 10, 1782
The temperature on May 10, 1782 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
December 16 » British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.
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