May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
Day of marriage April 4, 1750
The temperature on April 4, 1750 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
November 11 » Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
November 11 » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
November 24 » Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.
Day of death October 7, 1792
The temperature on October 7, 1792 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
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