The temperature on July 2, 1741 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken bliksem. Source: KNMI
March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
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 death January 3, 1788
The temperature on January 3, 1788 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
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