February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
Day of marriage October 15, 1731
The temperature on October 15, 1731 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
Day of death February 11, 1775
The temperature on February 11, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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