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 December 5, 1758
The temperature on December 5, 1758 was about 7.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
Day of death April 3, 1778
The temperature on April 3, 1778 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
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