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 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
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 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
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
June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
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 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
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