The temperature on August 2, 1770 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
Day of marriage February 3, 1793
The temperature on February 3, 1793 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
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