March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
Day of marriage August 26, 1770
The temperature on August 26, 1770 was about 18.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
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