January 22 » The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
February 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
Day of marriage July 24, 1735
The temperature on July 24, 1735 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken onweer. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
Day of death June 2, 1777
The temperature on June 2, 1777 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
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