January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
Day of marriage May 11, 1749
The temperature on May 11, 1749 was about 16.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Day of death November 4, 1778
The temperature on November 4, 1778 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
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