April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Day of marriage July 29, 1762
The temperature on July 29, 1762 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
Day of death January 4, 1789
The temperature on January 4, 1789 was about -17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
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