The temperature on May 10, 1757 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
Day of burial June 16, 1770
The temperature on June 16, 1770 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
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