May 17 » Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
June 17 » French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
November 11 » Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
Day of death August 16, 1734
The temperature on August 16, 1734 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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.
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