January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
Day of marriage August 3, 1732
The temperature on August 3, 1732 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
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