June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Day of death December 29, 1770
The temperature on December 29, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
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 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
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