January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
Day of marriage November 4, 1762
The temperature on November 4, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
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 May 30, 1776
The temperature on May 30, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
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