The temperature on December 26, 1759 was about 5.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
Day of death January 8, 1783
The temperature on January 8, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
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