January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
Day of marriage May 23, 1768
The temperature on May 23, 1768 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
Day of death February 26, 1779
The temperature on February 26, 1779 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
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