January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Day of marriage April 2, 1771
The temperature on April 2, 1771 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
Day of death December 5, 1789
The temperature on December 5, 1789 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: vochtig mist betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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