February 22 » St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
June 28 » The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
June 30 » The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
September 3 » Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
December 15 » Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders.
Day of death May 9, 1772
The temperature on May 9, 1772 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: hagel regen sneeuw betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
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