January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
Day of marriage February 25, 1761
The temperature on February 25, 1761 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
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