The temperature on May 18, 1755 was about 8.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Day of death December 18, 1776
The temperature on December 18, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
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