May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
Day of marriage September 17, 1751
The temperature on September 17, 1751 was about 15.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
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