April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Day of death September 23, 1770
The temperature on September 23, 1770 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
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