January 28 » Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) was destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
April 30 » Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
May 9 » Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Day of death August 12, 1770
The temperature on August 12, 1770 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
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 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
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