January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Day of marriage November 11, 1745
The temperature on November 11, 1745 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Day of death May 31, 1791
The temperature on May 31, 1791 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
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