June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
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 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Day of marriage July 4, 1771
The temperature on July 4, 1771 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 September 18, 1788
The temperature on September 18, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
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